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Title: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: TheGameNinja on Feb 18, 2012 07:43 PM
Within 15 minutes of starting up my laptop, every single program starts going Not Responding. As far as I can tell, if reinstalling Windows doesn't work, my hard drive is probably on its last legs. I'll keep checking the forum, I do still have access to another computer, but I probably won't be on the chat at all until this is fixed.
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: Mephiles on Feb 18, 2012 07:52 PM
you probably caught a virus. reformat, and you should be good. in my case anyway, it takes only a few hours
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: TheGameNinja on Feb 18, 2012 08:20 PM
Every scan I've run has come up clean. The ones that finished fast enough, anyway. Regardless, formatting and reinstalling Windows is the only solution I've found, and like I said if that doesn't work I think it means my hard drive is just about dead.
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: Supersonic196 on Feb 19, 2012 01:16 AM
bummer man. :\
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: Super Sonic Boom on Feb 19, 2012 04:24 AM
Bummer dude, hope you can get back on soon. Try a bit of dusting off the machine with a small duster can - it may not solve the problem but it will never do any harm!
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: jkid101094 on Feb 19, 2012 10:07 AM
Quote from: TheGameNinja on Feb 18, 2012 07:43 PM
Within 15 minutes of starting up my laptop, every single program starts going Not Responding. As far as I can tell, if reinstalling Windows doesn't work, my hard drive is probably on its last legs. I'll keep checking the forum, I do still have access to another computer, but I probably won't be on the chat at all until this is fixed.
This is pretty much what happened to Irene I. I had to get a completely new comp. From what I hear from mom she won't even start up now. Reinstalling Windows worked once, but the second time I did it I was convinced she was done. Best of luck to you, TGN.
Title: Re: My laptop's lost its marbles, so I'm out of commission.
Post by: TheGameNinja on Feb 21, 2012 05:47 PM
I think its working now. For the moment. Locked.