That is what I am trying to do, I am using the genuine license that
came with the PC but the computer will not continue setup from the
hard drive as it sits in a reboot loop once booting back to the hard
drive to try and complete setup.
Dan
On 23/06/14 21:22, Daniel Robinson
wrote:
Why have you not backed up the disk image. Formatted
and reinstalled windows already other than the fact it is a
non-genuine version of windows without a licence key.
If everything seems to work fine in "safe mode" it
would suggest the hardware is in working order. This job shouts
at me a corrupt windows install which will take an age to fix.
Wipe reload restore. Job done!
On 23 Jun 2014 21:17, "Dan Smith" < lug@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks all, this PC is one of those MSI all in one machines
and I did go into the BIOS yesterday and checked the
temperature of the CPU which seemed to be at around 60
degrees, what I still can't work out is why is it working fine
in safe mode?
Regards
Dan
On 23/06/14 20:09, bad apple wrote:
On 23/06/14 19:09, Eion MacDonald wrote:
Dear folk,
The heat problem may be problem with intermittent fan
use.
I have one old machine with two hard discs one Windows
Vista one OpenSUSE.
On Vista fan always starts and keeps going. No shut down
problem,
except when doing a windows monthly update, when it might
cut out,
let cool and restart.
On OpenSUSE the machine starts, the fan does not start,
(reason
unknown) and machine goes into constant re boot mode, each
boot
cutting out shortly after starting. However start and but
run
'vigorously' to well overheat, machine cuts out, than a
restart under
OpenSUSE the fan cuts in at start and keeps going. No
problem thereafter.
I have cleaned machine, replaced fan , but not replaced
the thermal paste.
This may give you ideas.
Is there any particular reason why this machine isn't in the
bin? I'm a
pretty rabid computer recycler, inveterate stock piler of
old gear and
hopeless hoarder and even so, that machine would last about
5 seconds in
my mitts.
There comes a point when you just have to toss that old crap
in the
trash, especially when a brand new SoC (Pi, Beagle, Android
USB
"pc-on-a-stick", etc) or bog standard bare bones all-in-one
x86 board
(AMD Geode, etc) would not only cost a mere few quid but
probably pay
for itself in electricity savings within the year and would
still
actually be *faster*...
Also you have no idea how lucky you are that you can let
Windows fail (I
presume by this you mean literally hit the thermal caps and
shut down
instantly) a monthly patch Tuesday roll-up marathon right in
the middle
and then apparently pick right up where it left off and not
have a
completely destroyed environment. I've seen laptops run out
of battery
half way through a windows update run and never recover. It
sounds like
your Vista box has survived numerous of these normally fatal
events, god
only knows how!
Regards
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