Author Topic: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread (Read 991598 times)

carrentals · « **Reply #360 on:** December 18, 2013, 07:36:05 AM »

My new Thinkpad droped about 3 ft, at first it didn't start at all. It was trying to fix disk erorrs etc. now it starts but is running very slowly. Any suggestions of what it could be?

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #361 on:** December 18, 2013, 09:12:40 AM »

Likely hard drive. Backup your data and try to get it replaced

carrentals · « **Reply #362 on:** December 18, 2013, 09:39:48 AM »

I have all my important Data, The computer does not let me create a recovery USB. Should I send it in to Lenovo, or will they be able to tell that it was dropped?
Is it very complicated to replace a hard drive with no backup? Which SSD do you recomend? (price/quality)

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #363 on:** December 18, 2013, 12:33:32 PM »

Lenovo will not know that the laptop was dropped, drives fail all the time..

carrentals · « **Reply #364 on:** December 19, 2013, 07:18:30 AM »

Thank you for the reply. If there is no apparent external damage, could there be anything else wrong besides for the hard disk?

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #365 on:** December 19, 2013, 08:44:31 AM »

Could me many things but this is my initial thought

churnbabychurn · « **Reply #366 on:** December 27, 2013, 01:04:52 PM »

XP dell vostro 1400 laptop, sound only works from the head phone jacks. The speakers dont work.

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #367 on:** December 28, 2013, 07:06:45 PM »

Either Speaker issue or very possibly an issue with the headphone jack. Sometimes something breaks inside and it makes the computer think something is always plugged in. Try to take a good look in the headphone jack

churnbabychurn · « **Reply #368 on:** December 29, 2013, 01:34:25 PM »

Thanks.

I used a usb to install malwarebytes on an infected pc. Should I be worried that the stick got infected now and how can I check?

DanH · « **Reply #369 on:** December 29, 2013, 01:54:53 PM »

Quote from: churnbabychurn on December 29, 2013, 01:34:25 PM

Thanks.

I used a usb to install malwarebytes on an infected pc. Should I be worried that the stick got infected now and how can I check?

What version of Windows are you running?
I would disable Autorun, then scan the USB.

churnbabychurn · « **Reply #370 on:** December 29, 2013, 02:03:04 PM »

Quote from: DanH on December 29, 2013, 01:54:53 PM

What version of Windows are you running?
I would disable Autorun, then scan the USB.

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How do i disable autorun? TIA

DanH · « **Reply #371 on:** December 29, 2013, 03:37:10 PM »

Quote from: churnbabychurn on December 29, 2013, 02:03:04 PM

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How do i disable autorun? TIA

I meant Autoplay.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174838-autoplay-turn-off.html -- do this first, unless you dont want to disable all devices (CD, etc)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/216706-autoplay-enable-disable.html

Super Speed · « **Reply #372 on:** December 31, 2013, 12:59:51 PM »

How do I wipe my laptop clean and restore to original settings? (Windows

churnbabychurn · « **Reply #373 on:** December 31, 2013, 01:39:38 PM »

Help! Win 7 laptop internet stopped working. Routers are fine

Clicked troubleshoot. Windows can't find a solution

AnonymousUser · « **Reply #374 on:** December 31, 2013, 01:42:21 PM »

Quote from: churnbabychurn on December 31, 2013, 01:39:38 PM

Help! Win 7 laptop internet stopped working. Routers are fine

Clicked troubleshoot. Windows can't find a solution

Did you try rebooting the laptop?

churnbabychurn · « **Reply #375 on:** December 31, 2013, 01:52:28 PM »

Quote from: AnonymousUser on December 31, 2013, 01:42:21 PM

Did you try rebooting the laptop?

yes clicked shutdown , got no response..
Tried ctr alt Del got this: see pic

Restarted manually. now screen black with mouse and spinning.... Waiting...

Finally home screen...

And Internet's working fine again!

So what was that all about? Is my machine on way out?

AnonymousUser · « **Reply #376 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:56:59 PM »

Quote from: churnbabychurn on December 31, 2013, 01:52:28 PM

yes clicked shutdown , got no response..
Tried ctr alt Del got this: see pic

Restarted manually. now screen black with mouse and spinning.... Waiting...

Finally home screen...

And Internet's working fine again!

So what was that all about? Is my machine on way out?

IMHO and experience, I would say it's just Windows being quirky, and if you don't have any issues in the near future then forget about it. But I'll let the experts chime in.

DanH · « **Reply #377 on:** January 01, 2014, 10:20:24 AM »

Quote from: Super Speed on December 31, 2013, 12:59:51 PM

How do I wipe my laptop clean and restore to original settings? (Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc

Super Speed · « **Reply #378 on:** January 01, 2014, 11:22:55 AM »

Quote from: DanH on January 01, 2014, 10:20:24 AM

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc

Thanks!

srap · « **Reply #379 on:** January 01, 2014, 03:56:16 PM »

I am just beginning to read the forums. Wow! I need a lifetime to read all this info.

Problem: Most of the links in dansdeals.com are not working for me. (ie. titles, comments, blue links (some do work), 5 tabs (cc, mileage, etc) at top of dd page, etc).

Tried: 1. on main dd page, pressed cookie picture on my Chrome browser top bar and deleted dd cookies

2. Same problem in Firefox

Anyone know a fix? TY

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