Author Topic: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread (Read 998750 times)

Centro · « **Reply #2440 on:** February 15, 2016, 02:49:41 PM »

I was quoting a post from a previous conversation,
Thanks for your help though.

pcgeek · « **Reply #2441 on:** February 15, 2016, 03:39:49 PM »

Quote from: Centro on February 15, 2016, 02:37:50 PM

Anyway to determine if that's indeed the case?

Plug it into a different computer and see if you can pull the data

Centro · « **Reply #2442 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:44:03 AM »

Quote from: Centro on February 10, 2016, 09:04:09 PM

Whichever option I choose it gets me back to this again, what can I do?

Quote from: Centro on February 10, 2016, 11:36:00 PM

Haven't installed anything, laptop running on windows 7.

ETA now my wife is telling me that the laptop fell down earlier but it was still working afterwards, it later froze so she powered it off and then is when the problems began.

Quote from: pcgeek on February 10, 2016, 11:57:05 PM

Likely that the fall damaged the hard drive

I played around with the laptop and I pressed F12 (I think) and came across some test, so I ran the test and this is what I got;

So what does this mean?

pcgeek · « **Reply #2443 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:11:20 PM »

Quote from: Centro on February 16, 2016, 11:44:03 AM

I played around with the laptop and I pressed F12 (I think) and came across some test, so I ran the test and this is what I got;

So what does this mean?

It can mean the hard drive is loose or failing. If you're comfortable opening the case and reconnecting the cable just to be sure. Also did you try CHKDSK /R in CMD?

Centro · « **Reply #2444 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:12:53 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 16, 2016, 12:11:20 PM

It can mean the hard drive is loose or failing. If you're comfortable opening the case and reconnecting the cable just to be sure.

I'll try,

Quote

Also did you try CHKDSK /R in CMD?

No idea what this means.

Thanks for your help.

Centro · « **Reply #2445 on:** February 16, 2016, 03:04:44 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 16, 2016, 12:11:20 PM

It can mean the hard drive is loose or failing.

I took out the hard drive from the laptop and when I plugged it into to the wall outlet it started beeping and clicking and wasn't recognized by the computer where I connected in to.

pcgeek · « **Reply #2446 on:** February 16, 2016, 03:19:11 PM »

Quote from: Centro on February 16, 2016, 03:04:44 PM

I took out the hard drive from the laptop and when I plugged it into to the wall outlet it started beeping and clicking and wasn't recognized by the computer where I connected in to.

If it's clicking loudly unplug it immediately. That means that the head is crashing into the disk and will cause irreversible physical damage. Only way to recover data is data recovery professional

Centro · « **Reply #2447 on:** February 16, 2016, 03:21:05 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 16, 2016, 03:19:11 PM

If it's clicking loudly unplug it immediately. That means that the head is crashing into the disk and will cause irreversible physical damage. Only way to recover data is data recovery professional

Ok, so you believe that's definitely the issue, correct?
Will a professional most likely be able to recover the data?

yakov116 · « **Reply #2448 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:26:40 PM »

Quote from: Centro on February 16, 2016, 03:21:05 PM

Ok, so you believe that's definitely the issue, correct?
Will a professional most likely be able to recover the data?

Most probably just will cost you.

etech0 · « **Reply #2449 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:30:44 PM »

Quote from: yakov116 on February 16, 2016, 10:26:40 PM

Most probably just will cost you.

DH Data Recovery does a great job

Work-for-ur-muny · « **Reply #2450 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:12:40 PM »

Quote from: etech0 on February 16, 2016, 10:30:44 PM

DH Data Recovery does a great job

+1
I've had a wonderful experience with him. (In my pre DDF days

)

Shame he doesn't hang around here too much any more.

pcgeek · « **Reply #2451 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:20:21 PM »

Quote from: Work-for-ur-muny on February 16, 2016, 11:12:40 PM

+1
I've had a wonderful experience with him. (In my pre DDF days )

Shame he doesn't hang around here too much any more.

Just curious how much does he charge

Work-for-ur-muny · « **Reply #2452 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:31:41 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 16, 2016, 11:20:21 PM

Just curious how much does he charge

I had a virus that hid all my files on my USB and I wasn't able to pull them up. (At the time I didn't know that it was a virus, I thought I actually lost them.) IIRC it was ~$20-$25. He removed the virus and retrieved everything.

etech0 · « **Reply #2453 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:36:25 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 16, 2016, 11:20:21 PM

Just curious how much does he charge

I had a hard drive that was very dead - my regular computer guy couldn't get anything off it. I sent it to a place someone recommended and they wanted $1200 (IIRC) so I said no thanks. DH did it for $600.

Baruch · « **Reply #2454 on:** February 17, 2016, 10:09:36 AM »

In windows 8.1 my laptop used to make a weird beep when I pressed CTRL or CTRL+SHIFT for the first time after each restart of the computer.
Now that I upgraded to windows 10, it beeps for the first time after each time i log in to windows.

What is this?

Thanks!

pcgeek · « **Reply #2455 on:** February 17, 2016, 10:17:56 AM »

Quote from: Baruch on February 17, 2016, 10:09:36 AM

In windows 8.1 my laptop used to make a weird beep when I pressed CTRL or CTRL+SHIFT for the first time after each restart of the computer.
Now that I upgraded to windows 10, it beeps for the first time after each time i log in to windows.

What is this?

Thanks!

A quick Google search reveals that it can be caused by various third party programs which use CTRL+SHIFT to trigger something. Aside from that, I would recommend looking in the control panel under ease of access whether you have anything related to the keyboard (like sticky keys) turned on

yakov116 · « **Reply #2456 on:** February 17, 2016, 10:21:28 AM »

Quote from: etech0 on February 16, 2016, 10:30:44 PM

DH Data Recovery does a great job

+1 Great Customer service too!

etech0 · « **Reply #2457 on:** February 17, 2016, 11:20:47 AM »

Is there any way to sync my browser history between Chrome and FF? (I'm using xmarks to sync bookmarks but it looks like it doesn't do history)

Thanks!

pcgeek · « **Reply #2458 on:** February 17, 2016, 12:23:28 PM »

Quote from: etech0 on February 17, 2016, 11:20:47 AM

Is there any way to sync my browser history between Chrome and FF? (I'm using xmarks to sync bookmarks but it looks like it doesn't do history)

Thanks!

RecentX application launcher has a feature like that.

etech0 · « **Reply #2459 on:** February 17, 2016, 07:50:40 PM »

Quote from: pcgeek on February 17, 2016, 12:23:28 PM

RecentX application launcher has a feature like that.

Thanks! Have you tried it? Wondering if it actually works / if the other features get in the way.

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