Liam,
Thanks for this detailed advise! I will try these things out. Wish I had
the actual tower to hand now so I could sort it all out...
Well at least I can determine if it is a disk problem or not.
Thanks again,
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Thanks and regards,
Jon Reynolds (j0nr)
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On 29 November 2011 08:58, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I
> couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that
> when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts
> caps lock on
On 29 November 2011 11:18, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>> I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption,
>> especially
>> the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme
>> called ntfsfix which is essenti
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On 29/11/11 10:00, Steve Fisher wrote:
> Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g.
> http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download
>
> Steve
>
>
Trinity rescue kit and hirens boot cd my friend.
If you get the iso burn it boot from it and
On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption,
> especially
> the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme
> called ntfsfix which is essentially fdsk for Windows disks which should at
> least rep
Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g.
http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download
Steve
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If your netbook has a CD drive try this:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Can put it on a flash drive, but you will need an external CD drive or
access to a laptop/desktop.
Sounds to me like it is more likely to be virus related (windows opening by
themselves...)
Steve
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On 29 November 2011 08:58, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I
> couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that
> when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts
> caps lock on
Hi Folks,
My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I
couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that
when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts
caps lock on (?) and when he was logged in, there were many many graphic
