So, my old desktop may have puked for good. Got the blue screen of death, tried to reboot but it will not. It either goes through the reboot loop if I select F2 "open Windows anyway". If I select F10 Launch Startup repair, it gets to a splash screen with some sort of background graphic and then does nothing, even with me letting it sit that way for over 24 hours.
I've done the thing where you hold down F9 while turning it on, getting me to a page that shows it has tested various components. All things that it shows pass the test. My next thing to try is a simple check to make sure the memory cards and other things are seated properly. Hope to tackle that today.
I've got another computer I'm using for now and if necessary I'll soldier on with it. But man, do I have a boatload of files I'd like to retrieve off the old one. I've been looking into buying one of those cases to put the hard drive into and see if I can access them. Has anyone here had luck doing that? If so, what case did you buy?
I've done the thing where you hold down F9 while turning it on, getting me to a page that shows it has tested various components. All things that it shows pass the test. My next thing to try is a simple check to make sure the memory cards and other things are seated properly. Hope to tackle that today.
I've got another computer I'm using for now and if necessary I'll soldier on with it. But man, do I have a boatload of files I'd like to retrieve off the old one. I've been looking into buying one of those cases to put the hard drive into and see if I can access them. Has anyone here had luck doing that? If so, what case did you buy?