I've got an acer aspire laptop from 2 years ago, and whenever i turn it on, it says the hard drive needs to be checked for consistency.When it finally boots up like 5 minutes later, the mouse and keyboard responses are really slow, and when I try to turn it off, it usually says that explorer.exe is not responding. Any ideas what's wrong?
Reformat.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Could try reformatting it.argo4 wrote:
I've got an acer aspire laptop from 2 years ago, and whenever i turn it on, it says the hard drive needs to be checked for consistency.When it finally boots up like 5 minutes later, the mouse and keyboard responses are really slow, and when I try to turn it off, it usually says that explorer.exe is not responding. Any ideas what's wrong?
in a Command Prompt: chkdsk /rargo4 wrote:
it says the hard drive needs to be checked for consistency
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
You could also try the tech section.
The what?Finray wrote:
You could also try the tech section.
Freezer's battery house.phishman420 wrote:
The what?Finray wrote:
You could also try the tech section.
yeah, if the mods could move this to the tech section, that'd be good.
How do you perform the reformat?
How do you perform the reformat?
do a chkdsk first, if that doesn't work, i'll tell you.argo4 wrote:
yeah, if the mods could move this to the tech section, that'd be good.
How do you perform the reformat?
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
see, it checks the drive for consistency every time i turn it on, i cant even cancel the scanhaffeysucks wrote:
do a chkdsk first, if that doesn't work, i'll tell you.argo4 wrote:
yeah, if the mods could move this to the tech section, that'd be good.
How do you perform the reformat?
On an install that old, there's not much point. It's never too early to reformat.haffeysucks wrote:
do a chkdsk first, if that doesn't work, i'll tell you.argo4 wrote:
yeah, if the mods could move this to the tech section, that'd be good.
How do you perform the reformat?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
ohhh i see what you're saying. yeah then it's running a chkdsk every time...if that doesn't fix anything, i'd reformat. which brings us to what freezer and link said.argo4 wrote:
see, it checks the drive for consistency every time i turn it on, i cant even cancel the scanhaffeysucks wrote:
do a chkdsk first, if that doesn't work, i'll tell you.argo4 wrote:
yeah, if the mods could move this to the tech section, that'd be good.
How do you perform the reformat?
to reformat (back up everything you need first!) get your original XP/Vista disc and boot off of it. it will ask you if you want to repair windows. say no. it will bring you to an "install windows" screen. basically just delete the partition that windows is already on and create a new one. install windows on that new partition.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
Try it again, I get that with my scratched CD, have to keep retrying until I get lucky.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
download the iso, burn to dvd and use own serial? The modified ones are better anyway. They take out like every language but English, and useless accessories that you never use...
everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... seriously. ♥
You must have cash to burn then.argo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
My computer is 2 years oldargo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
Burn some calories instead man
So iz like older than u?bakinacake wrote:
My computer is 2 years oldargo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
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what model is it? if you're just going to throw it out and it's a good laptop, i might want to pay you shipping so i can have it...argo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.argo4 wrote:
so i tried reformatting, but once it gets to about 70 percent, an error comes up saying that it couldn't read the file. I don't think it's a problem with the disk being scratched, so i'll probably just throw the laptop outl
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
yes.Sup wrote:
Burn some calories instead manSo iz like older than u?bakinacake wrote:
My computer is 2 years oldargo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
lol, i can probably have some fun with it before it goes hehehaffeysucks wrote:
what model is it? if you're just going to throw it out and it's a good laptop, i might want to pay you shipping so i can have it...argo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.Ender2309 wrote:
if you can't fix it yourself, take it to a tech. 70 bucks to get it repaired is better than 1000 dollars to buy a new one.
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
and, it's not a good laptop, i cant even boot it up and i have a feeling the hdd is done
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It can't boot because you need to format, and I doubt there is anything wrong with the HDD.argo4 wrote:
lol, i can probably have some fun with it before it goes hehehaffeysucks wrote:
what model is it? if you're just going to throw it out and it's a good laptop, i might want to pay you shipping so i can have it...argo4 wrote:
not if it's a shitty acer that'll keep breaking.Plus its like 2 years old, so i might as well get a new one.
I tried reformatting twice, so it's probably not gonna work.
and, it's not a good laptop, i cant even boot it up and i have a feeling the hdd is done
Download XP iso onto disk and use your serial to make sure, if you can just buy a new one because of this then like I say you obviously have money to spend.
Oh look an Acer laptop with a shitload of problems, never seen that before.
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