{"id":821,"date":"2011-03-18T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T21:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=821"},"modified":"2011-03-18T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T21:31:09","slug":"what-to-do-if-a-computer-wont-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/what-to-do-if-a-computer-wont-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if a computer won’t boot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darlene wants our advice on what to do if a computer won’t \t\t\t\tboot<\/strong>
\nHi guys. Really love your new daily tips and tricks newsletter! \t\t\t\tWhat a great way to remind us all the great tips and tricks you \t\t\t\tgive us. Thanks. Here’s my question. I have a Windows 7 laptop I \t\t\t\tuse most of the time. I also have a 4-year-old desktop. I don’t \t\t\t\tuse it that much but the other day I wanted to use it and it \t\t\t\twouldn’t boot. So I’m hoping you answer my question on Friday \t\t\t\tbecause I’d really like to have it working this weekend – my \t\t\t\tbrother and his family is coming in from out of town and I’d \t\t\t\tlike to have the extra computer for them. Can you help me get \t\t\t\tthis thing to boot up? Anything I can do? I have my fingers \t\t\t\tcrossed you answer this for me. Keep up the great work. Darlene.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our answer
\n<\/strong>Thanks very much Darlene. We’re going to help you as much as \t\t\t\twe can. These are the things we do when we encounter a computer \t\t\t\tthat won’t boot…and we’ve seen quite a few of them – mostly \t\t\t\tour own. These tips will work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows \t\t\t\t7, so any other folks out there reading this, you can use these \t\t\t\ttips too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If your computer won’t boot or hangs \t\t\t\tindefinitely while booting do this:<\/p>\n

1. Shut the computer off at the power switch
\n2. Wait at least two minutes
\n3. Turn your computer back on – Tap the F8 key continuously as \t\t\t\tsoon as the computer starts to boot
\n4. Select “Safe Mode” from the menu
\n5. When the computer boots into Safe Mode you’ll see a dialog \t\t\t\tbox telling you you’re in Safe Mode (DUH!)
\n6. Open your start menu and go to All \t\t\t\tPrograms\\Accessories\\System Tools and click System Restore. If \t\t\t\tyou can’t even get this far see \t\t\t\t http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/answers\/2011\/rstrui.htm<\/a> for \t\t\t\tmore help.
\n7. Choose a date at least 2 days in the past and restore you \t\t\t\tcomputer to that point.
\n8. Your computer will reboot automatically
\n9. If all went well, you should be back into Windows. Click OK \t\t\t\tat the System Restore prompt if all seems OK<\/p>\n

If these instructions don’t work, you have another option – find \t\t\t\tyour Windows CD or DVD. Insert the DVD or CD in your DVD\/CD \t\t\t\tdrive and power off your computer. Wait a minute or two. Turn \t\t\t\tyou computer back on. You’ll see a dialog on the screen that \t\t\t\twill say “Press any key to boot from CD (DVD)”. Press any key. \t\t\t\tYour computer should boot up. When you’re back in Windows, run a \t\t\t\tsystem restore as per the instructions above.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darlene wants our advice on what to do if a computer won’t boot Hi guys. Really love your new daily tips and tricks newsletter! What a great way to remind us all the great tips and tricks you give us. Thanks. Here’s my question. I have a Windows 7 laptop I use most of the time. I also\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[604,603,601,602],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3949,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/3949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}