It started with not being able to open a file , after several attempts of reboot. It even tried to auto diagnose but just waiting.
I can get to bios.
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I can get to bios.
paul-e-mann
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If Windows is trying to auto diagnose then the drive is still good otherwise you'd boot to a boot screen and a message stating no hard drive or OS or boot failure or something. Post some pictures of what youre seeing.
If you can actually get to this action where Windows is trying to restore but you see no current restore points, I'm pretty sure theres a link at the bottom for older restore points. This all sounds like a Windows corruption, it could be a drive on its way out too though. If you have another working machine, you can slave your drive in it and run check disk to repair it. A good support tool I use is Hiren's BootCD, its a free download, you make a bootable disk out of it and it has all the tools you need to diagnose and repair most PC issues, its good to keep a copy of this around.
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I guess I could plug it in to my other computer.
Yeah, prudent move.
You are just pounding your head intot he wall until you find out if the drive is good or not.
If the SMART status is good then it is a problem with a corrupt Win10 installation.
If not, then get whatever data off the drive that you can before it fails completely...
You are just pounding your head intot he wall until you find out if the drive is good or not.
If the SMART status is good then it is a problem with a corrupt Win10 installation.
If not, then get whatever data off the drive that you can before it fails completely...
Best of luck IB.
Also, I vote that Micky should get some extra Forum VIP Points for helpfulness.
Meanwhile, this week, all over he world... people are having some issues with recent Firefox update.
It doesn't seem to matter what the OS is, there are some Firefox problems this week, especially for people with add-ons.
I suppose it will settle down in a day or two.
Hey brother , long time no type !
Cheers bob,
I think I could write a long essay about every sentence in there. (And in your previous post.)
FWIW
Been a Linux guy for about 15 years; since the 90s I have never used a DAW outside of Linux; fortunately for me I don't find Ardour too crashy.
> on the fence whether to go with Mint or Ubuntu Studio... dont really need another DAW machine so most likely Mint.
If you don't want a DAW then I expect that Ubuntu Studio has nothing much in its favour.
FWIW
I made a considered decision last year that I no longer want anything related to Ubunbtu. (But I do still like Debian.)
I have consequently cut myself off from the 'it just works' scene.
I'm intending to make MX Linux my home for a DAW. I'm seven months in and it's working out well so far.
Of course I have to avoid some things: for e.g. I need a basic, class compliant recording interface - not one that relies on Win or Mac software (but I can use any interface with browser-based access).
The only problem I have had with MX is that I can't get my scanner to work. (I'm sure that if I asked for tips on the MX forum this would be solved fairly quickly.)
> the last thing I want to do is to have to troubleshoot something at home.
I have mixed feelings about this. I don't work on computers all day so my situation is unlike yours in that respect.
In some ways I am never satisfied with 'just works': I want to know HOW it works.
My feeling, based on experience, is that I will learn this in a Linux system. But with a proprietary OS some of the steps are likely to be obscured.
Just thoughts: just chatting.
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Excellent - now back away from the windows and the gates and go Linux
You will look back at your bloatware era IT and wonder why you ever went there...
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Right , well I spent the money on the computer by wife uses her phone more now. But I was using it for resume , printing (wireless) and hydrogen drum machine. I know I can use Linux but that box has more power (newer) I want to get a newer box someday for linux and maybe dual boot 7 and some flavor of linux. Windows is more of a challenge. Lol
Mx has gone to #1 , wow. Kind of cool because it's not the same old Ubuntu rehashed. I used Mepis in the very beginning and Antix was developed from there. I guess I will try it!
Thanks for the kind words @tubes but I am not worthy.
I am, and always will be, a hardware guy. Software and OS's are just an end to a means. They arise out of necessity, and one is really no worse than the other, depending on what you pay for it and what you need it to do.
I use Win10 (and Server 2016), MacOS, Linux, UNIX and ChromeOS, all at home now that I am retired from the daily grind. Each does what I need it to, and I definitely favor some over others depending on the application.
What I really need to do is start using Linux for file and web services, I just don't have the motivation to move gobs of data into an unknown void (yet again).
MX does sound interesting though, any comments about its suitability as a server?
I am, and always will be, a hardware guy. Software and OS's are just an end to a means. They arise out of necessity, and one is really no worse than the other, depending on what you pay for it and what you need it to do.
I use Win10 (and Server 2016), MacOS, Linux, UNIX and ChromeOS, all at home now that I am retired from the daily grind. Each does what I need it to, and I definitely favor some over others depending on the application.
What I really need to do is start using Linux for file and web services, I just don't have the motivation to move gobs of data into an unknown void (yet again).
MX does sound interesting though, any comments about its suitability as a server?
