[PC Help] I'm technologically inept

V strange.
I thought it might be a loose memory module (RAM).
I would try taking the memory thingies out and put them
back in again.
So if they were loose, by putting them in again, you will
hopefully reseat it properly.

There should be lots of youtube videos on this.
It's pretty easy, almost like Lego.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1R0WG4H7E

See if this helps.

If it still plays up, it could mean your win7 install is unstable.
for whatever reason.

I would suggest trying the following.

You will need a working PC to do this.

1. Get a USB stick. 1Gb or more.

2. Download linux.
http://www.linuxmint.com/


3. Download this USB installer.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

4. Install linux on the USB stick, using the installer your downloaded above.
Just follow the instructions.

5. When this is done, stick the USB in the problematic PC and reboot.


I think there is a browser that comes with it.

Just use it for a while and see if the problem still occurs.

If so, then it is a hardward problem (loose card etc).

If not, then your win7 install is the problem.

One way is to backup your stuff somewhere and resinstall win7.

Otherwise, you will need to investigate to see why is win7 unstable.
eg did you install a new program recently.
It could be a driver thing.

Or possibly the fan is not working and when the PC heats up, it reboots.
Make sure the fan is spinning. In your box.

Anyways, good luck.

 

Jontro, just admit that you downloaded some bad pronz. Don't blame imaginary children.

 

Linux _is_ a different OS.

But what I described above, you are installing it on a USB stick.

And when you boot, you are booting off the USB stick.
So the hard disk is untouched.

Though you can see/access the hard disk after you boot from the stick.

When you switch off/shutdown the system, and when you remove
the USB stick so you dont boot off it again, you get your windows back.

Also, if your windows ever carks it, it is one way to get stuff off the hard
disk.

ie. boot of the USB stick, plug in an external disk and copy stuff over.
But that is a different problem.

Hope this made sense.

 

And _everything_ seems complicated the first time.

But it is not, really.

You download the bits I listed.

Click and run the USB installer.

It is reasonably intuitive.

ie. there is a dropdown box that lists the various linux distributions
available. You select the Linux distribution you have (ie. what you
downloaded in step 2 above).

Select the drive which is the USB stick.

Click OK... and it will install Linux on the USB stick.

And wait 3-4 minutes.

Then after it finishes, plug it into your PC and reboot.

And your PC will boot Linux from the USB stick.

No touchy of the hard disk.

You wont lose files or anything.

 

Uh-oh, Rocketgrooglerocksman95 will come after you for being "homophobic"... :grin:

 

How do you do a system restore without being able to boot into the OS?

Did your PC have a recovery option in the bios?

 

This is what I was thinking too.

 

Based on the above, I suspect it'd be a misbehaving driver you installed
recently.

If you have an idea what might have been last installed, try uninstalling it
(can be done when booted up in safe mode) and see if that helps.

 

Just hit F8 and boot into "Last known good configuration" instead of safe mode. Should be good from then on

 

Man you are notorious for your pronz in the interweebs lol

 

Yes we have but, in comparison, we have not fapped to it every single time we've seen it, man. We support you, though. DAT CONSISTENCY