Help! My pc crashed

POSTED BY: hughff
UPDATED: Thursday, February 19, 2009 15:57
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HUGHFF

Monday, February 16, 2009 8:09 PM

Big time. Yesterday.

FF jr started it up when he got home, flicked on a "mod" for Freelancer, started the game and the pc shut down and restarted itself. Now, it goes to the xp start up screen, flashes a blue screen with lots of writing that is up for a fraction of a second so I can't read a word, then shuts down and restarts.

Any ideas what I can do....

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PHOENIXROSE

Monday, February 16, 2009 8:29 PM

Sounds like it could be a worm. Call tech support, they talked me through getting rid of a worm a few years back.

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MSA

Monday, February 16, 2009 8:33 PM

Sorry my only suggestion is...get a mac

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PHOENIXROSE

Monday, February 16, 2009 8:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
get a mac

Well yes, that would be a good solution for the long-term

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CITIZEN

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:07 PM

Try booting into safe mode, hit F8 while the machine comes up. If it loads, uninstall all recent software, and try to revert your settings.

Run the XP recovery console. If that doesn't work, and you have the full disc, re-install windows.

Then go to www.linuxmint.com/, and install a real operating system.

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KIRKULES

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:14 PM

If you can get it to boot in safe mode you might want to try running a scan with your anti-virus software also.

HUGHFF

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:29 PM

won't boot in safe mode, nor with last known good settings - tried that last night

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BRIGLAD

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:34 PM

I got hit like that about six months ago when some malicious code in a banner ad over at Fanfiction.net hit me. Took three passes from two different anti-virus programs to kill the infection.

I also suggest you use Firefox or Opera for a browser (I use Firefox) instead of Internet Explorer. 90% of the viruses and worms are targeted to use IE's interface with windows.

Brian

CITIZEN

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by hughff:
won't boot in safe mode, nor with last known good settings - tried that last night

Have you got the windows XP disc?

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HUGHFF

Monday, February 16, 2009 9:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:

Have you got the windows XP disc?

Yeah. Are you suggesting I re-install xp?

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