Serious Computer Mess Up

Zefan said:
Make sure it's the one with \p after or something as it won't fix anything otherwise :p took me a while to work that one out :o
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Does it matter if I used / instead of \? Just to make 100% sure :rolleyes:
 
Sinque said:
Does it matter if I used / instead of \? Just to make 100% sure :rolleyes:
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I really can't remember, but it will just tell you off with an "unknown command" message if you get it wrong.
 
Zefan said:
I really can't remember, but it will just tell you off with an "unknown command" message if you get it wrong.
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Rightio, well it's at 49% so I guess I did it correct, it's performing additional recovery or something it said :rolleyes:
 
Okay! After doing a chkdsk /p and a chkdsk /r it has FIXED! absolutely nothing... Still stupidly slow loadup times and i'm left to think that my CPU has died. After waiting about an hour for it to boot up I managed to get to the task manager and it's a constant 100% CPU usage. But a computer wouldn't run without a CPU would it..?
 
Sinque said:
Okay! After doing a chkdsk /p and a chkdsk /r it has FIXED! absolutely nothing... Still stupidly slow loadup times and i'm left to think that my CPU has died. After waiting about an hour for it to boot up I managed to get to the task manager and it's a constant 100% CPU usage. But a computer wouldn't run without a CPU would it..?
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nah... it wont
 
i remember when I overclocked this PC a while back and I had the same problems. I had to reinstall Windows to get it back to normal. Something to do with the overclock corrupting files on the HD.
 
Andelusion said:
Format tbh :p
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Yep.

But do make sure that the critical settings (voltages, FSB, timings) are all back to normal before doing the reinstall.

And if you've got any partition imaging software (Acronis True Image, Ghost or similar) take an image of your new installation once you've got the drivers, hotfixes and so-on back in place. Then you can experiment with overclocking, safe in the knowledge that you can get back to a clean installation in double-quick time. In fact my O/C procedure is:

- Take an image
- Experiment to get highest stable O/C
- Reboot @stock and restore the image to wipe away any lurking corruption that might have occurred, even if it hasn't shown itself yet
- Restroe stable O/C settings and enjoy my PC
 
Formatted my computer last night, installed windows whilst out and I came back to a super slow computer still. It's a brand spanking new installation, I did the long format and all went fine. It's an authentic Windows also and my computer shouldn't be slow when opening the start menu... All the BIOS is definately at defaults. Possibly the HD has started to go slightly? In the Control Panel, Systems, it comes up with AMD 64 3200+, which is correct, and 2gig of RAM which is correct so I can't see how the CPU, Mobo, RAM or Graphics card can be damaged.

Starting to get seriously frustrated now as I can't see how it still cannot be working. So far it's not the CPU, the RAM, the MOBO, the GFX or the software installed so there can only be a few things remaining. The hard-drive is all I can think of.
 
Sorry mate, but it sounds like borked hardware to me. If all the settings are at defaults and a reformated disk doesn't help, then maybe its upgrade time?? Its a good excuse :p .

Jonny
 
Boot from a MSDOS disk with fdisk.exe on it then run;

fdisk.exe /mbr

This rewrites the Master Boot Record to make sure that its nothing to do with your HD. IF this doesn't fix it try Memtest86+ to test the memory, then try installing windows on a different Hard Drive (take the old one out) to make sure its not the Harddisk. If you have any other spare components try replacing everything in succession to check components. Try removing all USB devices as I had this problem and it turned out my mouse driver got corrupt while OCing so replacing it with a PS/2 then reinstalling the mouse drivers fixed this. Unplug your DVD/CD Drive and Floppy Drive to test them. No idea how to test PSU though. Hope this helps.
 
Also, when reinstalling try this if all else fails;

Do a normal format (not quick);
Install Linux or a Different Operating System;
Install using FAT32, ive heard of having a corrupt NTFS partition is unfixable without rewriting FAT32 then rewriting NTFS back on it. (not really, but it couldn't hurt to try).
 
Hmm... how the did the actual installation go? Was it way slow or fairly normal?
[Edit - just saw that you did the install while out, so I guess that question can't be answered - still, try the following...]

Either way, check Device Manager to make sure there are no surprises there, then have a quick scan through the System event log (run "eventvwr.msc" then click System in the left hand tree). Sometimes the sys event log carries warnings or errors from drivers that can give you a clue as to what's going wrong.
 
PARUK said:
Hmm... how the did the actual installation go? Was it way slow or fairly normal?
[Edit - just saw that you did the install while out, so I guess that question can't be answered - still, try the following...]

Either way, check Device Manager to make sure there are no surprises there, then have a quick scan through the System event log (run "eventvwr.msc" then click System in the left hand tree). Sometimes the sys event log carries warnings or errors from drivers that can give you a clue as to what's going wrong.
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I did catch the start of the install to go through some of the setup and well, it was as slow as a fart.
 
Lol my farts are pretty fast, but it seems like borked Hardware if its all at default fresh install. after the fresh install is CPU usage still showing 100%? if it is i would say CPU is gone :(
 
CrazyMonkey said:
Lol my farts are pretty fast, but it seems like borked Hardware if its all at default fresh install. after the fresh install is CPU usage still showing 100%? if it is i would say CPU is gone :(
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Sure is, I guess that's be the problem :)
 
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