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What can I do next to fix my PC?

  • I need help, my vista desktop is not turning on and I need some insight. I was surfing the internet early yesterday morning, and windows kept popping up saying "explorer" had stopped responding. I then turned off the PC and hoped for the best. I turned back on my PC and it didn't start windows, and instead just sent me to a black screen with a flashing "_". I got my vista disk in an effort to repair using system restore. I tried system restore on 3 separate times and to no avail. I would prefer that I not reformat, since I have pictures that I cannot replace. What can I do next? Need help!

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    aha thats what you get for using vista asshole. rofl jk. but srsly. idk.

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Reinstall Windows but don't format the drive.

To boot from your Windows CD/DVD, the BIOS settings on your computer must be configured to do this. On start up keep tapping either F1, F2, F10, (Be Aware that some manufacturers use F10 for system recovery!) Esc, or Del, to enter the BIOS set-up. Look for "Drive configuration", "Boot order" or similar and make the CD/DVD drive the first boot device. Save settings and exit. Insert the Windows CD/DVD into your CD/DVD drive, and then restart your computer. When you see the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start the computer from the Windows CD/DVD. Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD/DVD drive if you are prompted. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press 'R' to start the Recovery Console. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If you don't know the administrator password, there probably isn't one so just press Enter/Return. At the command prompt (C:\>), type chkdsk /r (note the space between chkdsk and /r) and press Return/Enter. When the scan finishes, re-start. If that fails, start in SAFE* mode and click Start (then Run in XP) and type (in the search bar in Vista/Win 7) sfc /scannow (note the space between sfc and /scannow) (in the search bar in Vista/Win 7) and press Return/Enter. If asked to insert the Windows disk, do so. When the scan finishes, re-start. *Note: On start up (before Windows loads) keep tapping either F5 or F8 (be aware that some manufacturers use F8 for system recovery!) then use arrow keys to highlight 'Safe Mode' and hit Enter/Return, click on a user account, enter the password (if you don't know it, there probably isn't one so leave it blank) and hit enter/return. If you still get problems after the scan's done, use 'Repair' again but this time type fixmbr and press Return/Enter. When the scan finishes, re-start. If you still have problems, start over and type the following pressing Enter/Return after each line... bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old bootrec /rebuildbcd Restart the computer. If none of this works, reinstall the OS. © arou42

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