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Computer Crashed......HELP PLEASE!!!!!
Today when I was gone to work we had a lightening storm
and the electric flickered on and off...well i didnt shut down my comp the nigh tb4...and now when i got home there is an error on my screen and it says: No Boot Device Available....it wont do anything ....What has happened and can i fix the pproblem or is it shot.......Please Help!! |
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Computer Crashed......HELP PLEASE!!!!!
On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:01:23 -0700, "Kelly" wrote:
Today when I was gone to work we had a lightening storm and the electric flickered on and off...well i didnt shut down my comp the nigh tb4...and now when i got home there is an error on my screen and it says: No Boot Device Available....it wont do anything ....What has happened and can i fix the pproblem or is it shot.......Please Help!! 1) Do/Did you have it hooked up to a surge supressor? 2) Have you turned it off and rebooted? 3) Can get into BIOS? 4) Can you access a startup floppy? If you didn't have a surge supressor, it might be fried. It may have a circuit breaker/fuse, if so check to see if it has been fused. -- Sincerely, Andrew H. Carter |
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Computer Crashed......HELP PLEASE!!!!!
Time for a trip to a repair professional, or at least to someone skilled at
hardware troubleshooting. This could be a damaged hard drive, fried motherboard, bad power supply ... not the kind of thing you want to try to fix yourself. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Kelly" wrote in message ... Today when I was gone to work we had a lightening storm and the electric flickered on and off...well i didnt shut down my comp the nigh tb4...and now when i got home there is an error on my screen and it says: No Boot Device Available....it wont do anything ....What has happened and can i fix the pproblem or is it shot.......Please Help!! |
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Computer Crashed......HELP PLEASE!!!!!
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT:
DO NOT TRY TO REINSTALL WINDOWS ON THE DISK! Because, if you do that, you will lose all data stored in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD)! If you need to use your computer, consider using any live linux-on-cd, such as Knoppix, WITHOUT ACESSING TO THE HDD. I was lucky a time: I've lost only the power supply. Obviously that I have now a surge protector. Richard G. Harper wrote: Time for a trip to a repair professional, or at least to someone skilled at hardware troubleshooting. This could be a damaged hard drive, fried motherboard, bad power supply ... not the kind of thing you want to try to fix yourself. -- Nuno Silva (aka NJSG) === - === My english isn't very good, because it isn't my first language. If you found any mistake (or have problems understanding the post), tell me. === - === I have a 33.3 kbps Internet Dial-Up Connection. Please wait by my replies with patience. |
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