Somehow i managed to damage my pc’s NTFS file system in the last couple of days. Attempts to fix it with boot repair made matters worse and the i got tired and formatted allpartitions on my SSD.
I can get as far as “windows is setting up your system” on a clean install. It freezes about there.
If anyone can offer some guidance here it would be very kind.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
AwesomeO said:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yes. I do have slightly above minimum familiarity with pc behaviour. I haven’t turned it on since last night so I’ll explore the token effort but I believe more will be required.
Postpocelipse said:
AwesomeO said:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yes. I do have slightly above minimum familiarity with pc behaviour. I haven’t turned it on since last night so I’ll explore the token effort but I believe more will be required.
make sure you unplug it, shake any residual electrons out of the plug before you plug it back in
I disconnected the SSD and attempts a system install on a clean hdd but it is still freezing at the system start point
Postpocelipse said:
I disconnected the SSD and attempts a system install on a clean hdd but it is still freezing at the system start point
‘lectric blanket or hot water bottle usuall stops me from freezing at the start point…
try that…
Maybe you shouldn’t have formatted all partitions. There might have been something on one of them that Windows needs to reinstall.
But I’m not remotely an expert :)
Bubblecar said:
Maybe you shouldn’t have formatted all partitions. There might have been something on one of them that Windows needs to reinstall.But I’m not remotely an expert :)
Yes but kicking myself was exhausted of worth before i went to bed.
Postpocelipse said:
AwesomeO said:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yes. I do have slightly above minimum familiarity with pc behaviour. I haven’t turned it on since last night so I’ll explore the token effort but I believe more will be required.
Someone was going to say it.
My rule of computer maintenance which I have stated before is never attempt on a long weekend or public holiday…it knows…
AwesomeO said:
My rule of computer maintenance which I have stated before is never attempt on a long weekend or public holiday…it knows…
That’s a good one.
Filed away for future ref. If i had a habit of forehead slapping i would have a funny shaped head
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
My rule of computer maintenance which I have stated before is never attempt on a long weekend or public holiday…it knows…
That’s a good one.
Tamb said:
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
My rule of computer maintenance which I have stated before is never attempt on a long weekend or public holiday…it knows…
That’s a good one.
Well they do know the day & date so, yes, true.
We fooled the Friday the 13th virus by changing the computer date so we had one 12th, no 13th & two 14ths.
If you had removed fridays for an extra saturday you should have got the same protection with bonus long weekends
Postpocelipse said:
Tamb said:
party_pants said:That’s a good one.
Well they do know the day & date so, yes, true.
We fooled the Friday the 13th virus by changing the computer date so we had one 12th, no 13th & two 14ths.If you had removed fridays for an extra saturday you should have got the same protection with bonus long weekends
Tamb said:
Postpocelipse said:
Tamb said:Well they do know the day & date so, yes, true.
We fooled the Friday the 13th virus by changing the computer date so we had one 12th, no 13th & two 14ths.If you had removed fridays for an extra saturday you should have got the same protection with bonus long weekends
Why didn’t I think of that :(
Excessively obligated?
Postpocelipse said:
Tamb said:
Postpocelipse said:If you had removed fridays for an extra saturday you should have got the same protection with bonus long weekends
Why didn’t I think of that :(Excessively obligated?
When you work at a power station you need to be fairly obligated.
Now it powers on but sends nothing to the monitor. YAAAAAYNOT!
Postpocelipse said:
Now it powers on but sends nothing to the monitor. YAAAAAYNOT!
Or the monitor’s stuffed.
or the drivers haven’t loaded.
ChrispenEvan said:
or the drivers haven’t loaded.
That would be the problem. I have a drive with a clean system installed on the same pc but plugging that in on it’s own did nothing
I understand there is repair software that can be applied with a flash drive. With my current limited search capacity, would anyone mind finding out what is an appropriate software so i can get it onto a flas drive? Will love you long time
these two links may be of help
I got this procedure from Seven Forums
Windows 7: windows 7 stuck on setup is starting
the first bit
Unplug all other HD’s and peripherals,
Boot into BIOS setup, reset to defaults, save changes.
the second bit
follow the Dos commands to setup the disk for the OS
boot into Windows 7 installer DVD
At first installer screen Press Shift + F10, or enter System Recovery Options to open a Command Box, type:
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK 0 (after confirming Windows 7 target HD #)
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=“WINDOWS 7”
ACTIVE
EXIT
EXIT
Next click Install Now, then Custom install to Clean Install Windows 7 to the partition you created.
Windows 7: windows 7 stuck on setup is starting
for reference
I presume you know how to use DOS commands, If not, press Enter after typing in the command and wait for it to finish before proceeding to the next command.
Postpocelipse said:
I understand there is repair software that can be applied with a flash drive. With my current limited search capacity, would anyone mind finding out what is an appropriate software so i can get it onto a flas drive? Will love you long time
Go to the hard drive / SSD Drive manufactures website and look for utility / setup programs.
> I got tired and formatted all partitions on my SSD.
Using fdisk or diskpart? I haven’t done that in the last 20 years. Back then I used fdisk.
mollwollfumble said:
> I got tired and formatted all partitions on my SSD.Using fdisk or diskpart? I haven’t done that in the last 20 years. Back then I used fdisk.
Making feel old. Have used fdisk in the past. Used the format available on win7install. I need a flashdrive software that will reinstall basic boot drivers before i will het anywhere.
CrazyNeutrino said:
I presume you know how to use DOS commands, If not, press Enter after typing in the command and wait for it to finish before proceeding to the next command.
I think you missed the bit where there are no drivers and turning it on won’t even give me dos. I think i need a dos install maybe
Postpocelipse said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I presume you know how to use DOS commands, If not, press Enter after typing in the command and wait for it to finish before proceeding to the next command.I think you missed the bit where there are no drivers and turning it on won’t even give me dos. I think i need a dos install maybe
Postpocelipse said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I presume you know how to use DOS commands, If not, press Enter after typing in the command and wait for it to finish before proceeding to the next command.I think you missed the bit where there are no drivers and turning it on won’t even give me dos. I think i need a dos install maybe
that bit was in the second link I posted
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164
Just got basic access back. It’s a start
Clean installing now.. let you know
uote=CrazyNeutrino]
Postpocelipse said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I presume you know how to use DOS commands, If not, press Enter after typing in the command and wait for it to finish before proceeding to the next command.I think you missed the bit where there are no drivers and turning it on won’t even give me dos. I think i need a dos install maybe
that bit was in the second link I posted
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-
a.html#post1839164
some people create two partitions on their hard disk
one for the OS and one for Data
It helps when you need to reinstall the OS and keeps data separate
others have two drives
another option is two have two in one drives, these are typically an SSD + a Sata Drive in one 2.5 HD case
CrazyNeutrino said:
some people create two partitions on their hard diskone for the OS and one for Data
It helps when you need to reinstall the OS and keeps data separate
others have two drives
another option is two have two in one drives, these are typically an SSD + a Sata Drive in one 2.5 HD case
I have an ssd and 2tig of hdd. I have enough to return it to normal provided i can get it beyond the point it was freezing just before loading into windows
Getting this sorted piece by piece. Wanted to clean install anyhoo but didn’t want to do it this way. At least i get to learn about how this ssd card is setup, since it tirns out to be the problem.
If it’s interesting I’ll post what the problem with this ssd is when I’ve figured that out. At least I’ve revived this thing.
Aah the error if my ways. Seems to be a simple matter of properly disinfecting the various drives of the various win installs that had supposedly been formatted. Will take seconds for the ssd but a bit longer for everything else will absorb some time. Live and learn
Looks like i will have to rebuild both pc’s methodically from most basic hardware setups. Something to do i suppose.
Reseat ram. Reseat graphics card. Power boot. Repeat. System install. Duh dun. Start again. Allmost had exactly what i was after yesterday but some false move in the format stage locked me out of my data disk. One day I’ll just build a brand new system and move on.
I just call in my friend. He knows what he is doing. And if he is not available, the nice young computer geek doesn’t charge much. And it’s a lot less wear and tear on my annoyance circuits.
buffy said:
I just call in my friend. He knows what he is doing. And if he is not available, the nice young computer geek doesn’t charge much. And it’s a lot less wear and tear on my annoyance circuits.
I’ve lost contact with thevfriend who could have handled this unfortunately.
Get ‘im command prompt, skitch.
Good old command prompt.
Had just about given up and committed to upgrading the pc and it decides to install after 24 hrs of redo’s. Think it might be smart to start looking around
XP is a clunky old panzer tank. Sucks to do anything on but if you want to force a reluctant mb to do it’s job it is the go to.
If my data drive is showing in bios but not showing in windows can i re-add it? There is a fair bit of data i’d prefer not to lose on it.
Postpocelipse said:
If my data drive is showing in bios but not showing in windows can i re-add it? There is a fair bit of data i’d prefer not to lose on it.
Am trying creating a small new partition on it with the win7 installer. Might work possibly
Fixed
Postpocelipse said:
Fixed
Except for the bit where all my data is gone
Postpocelipse said:
Postpocelipse said:
Fixed
Except for the bit where all my data is gone
At least i’m making progress understanding what has been going on with it. Might not be hardware drama at the end of the day
I would get a second drive and set it up for backups.
another option is to have an online backup
and there’s cdroms and usb drives, also good for backups
If Piriform Recuva were a person it would be uber attractive. Sexy even. Imagine………
“Oh you believe your best days are gone forever? Au contrare. Here have them back so you can get completely sick of them before moving on. No need to thank me…..”
Postpocelipse said:
If Piriform Recuva were a person it would be uber attractive. Sexy even. Imagine………“Oh you believe your best days are gone forever? Au contrare. Here have them back so you can get completely sick of them before moving on, though they will still be available then at least for reference or comparison purposes. I’ll even give you back your worst days for when you’re feeling masochistic or wish to check if you could have done better. No need to thank me…..”
Figured out what this stooputerness is. Am I missing an obvious reason they have persisted with the 90 degree card jacking system for mounting display adapters and plug in hardware?
Wouldn’t locking flexicable be less prone to misalignment due to chassis warp and the like?
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.
I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
Postpocelipse said:
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
diddly-squat said:
Postpocelipse said:
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Lucky cause we’re running out of fish……….
just bought a new computer. local shop. asked for just the operating system, win 10, and that’s all i got. though some may opine that win 10 comes with bloatware.
diddly-squat said:
This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.
Postpocelipse said:
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.
Postpocelipse said:
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
Postpocelipse said:
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
It may just be that you need a new pc.
Postpocelipse said:
This is Win 10. I’ve inherited it from Mrs V, after my XP got flooded.
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.
Postpocelipse said:
Well this is new and TOTALLY AWESOME! Looks like even drivers will come with attached virus-like software. Have spent the last half a day repeatedly removing the peripheral softwares attached to the display driver that I specifically ticked “Don’t Install” on. It and a couple of other programs that came from something else have been fighting harder than an angry NT Barra to stay parasitically attached to my system.I predict manual virus/trojan removal will be the fishing of the future……..
The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
reinstall the lot from scratch..
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:This is Win 10. I’ve inherited it from Mrs V, after my XP got flooded.
Michael V said:
This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
oh ok
Postpocelipse said:
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
diddly-squat said:
I would have no idea how to do that. It came installed with Win 7, which got upgraded to Win 10. I think that lives on a hidden partition.
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.The amount of bloatware that comes with most prepackaged PCs is amazing
reinstall the lot from scratch..
diddly-squat said:
Postpocelipse said:
Michael V said:
This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
fist-bump :P
I’ve found win10 is mostly great. Trying to figure out why google chrome isn’t automatically signing in. Might have something to do with those dodgy drivers I installed.
diddly-squat said:
I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
I’m still wary of upgrading. I have a very cheap laptop and fear it will not cope with Win10. I am very happy with Win 8.1 and will stick with it for the time being.
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:I would have no idea how to do that. It came installed with Win 7, which got upgraded to Win 10. I think that lives on a hidden partition.
Michael V said:
This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.reinstall the lot from scratch..
If it hasn’t been updated to the november update that is why it is running slow. It is a 4G download but I have the standalone install here if you want me to send it to you ready to go.
To find out what updates are installed go to “Settings-Security and Updates-Advanced Options-View Your Update History”.
November update appears as Update 1511
Witty Rejoinder said:
diddly-squat said:I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
I’m still wary of upgrading. I have a very cheap laptop and fear it will not cope with Win10. I am very happy with Win 8.1 and will stick with it for the time being.
If it copes with 8, 10 should not be a problem for it.
Postpocelipse said:
Doesn’t Win 10 automatically update? How would I tell whether it had “the November update”?
Michael V said:
diddly-squat said:I would have no idea how to do that. It came installed with Win 7, which got upgraded to Win 10. I think that lives on a hidden partition.reinstall the lot from scratch..
If it hasn’t been updated to the november update that is why it is running slow. It is a 4G download but I have the standalone install here if you want me to send it to you ready to go.
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:Doesn’t Win 10 automatically update? How would I tell whether it had “the November update”?
Michael V said:
I would have no idea how to do that. It came installed with Win 7, which got upgraded to Win 10. I think that lives on a hidden partition.If it hasn’t been updated to the november update that is why it is running slow. It is a 4G download but I have the standalone install here if you want me to send it to you ready to go.
To find out what updates are installed go to “Settings-Security and Updates-Advanced Options-View Your Update History”.
November update appears as Update 1511
Postpocelipse said:
Pre-empted my question with an answer. Thanks. Now to get settings open…
To find out what updates are installed go to “Settings-Security and Updates-Advanced Options-View Your Update History”.November update appears as Update 1511
diddly-squat said:
Postpocelipse said:
Michael V said:
This little box can take 5 minutes to switch between browser tabs, and up to 15 minutes to get and assemble hotmail. And I have no idea where to start speeding it up.Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
starts pacing
Michael V said:
Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Bugger it. I’ll go have a beer whilst I wait.
Postpocelipse said:Pre-empted my question with an answer. Thanks. Now to get settings open…
To find out what updates are installed go to “Settings-Security and Updates-Advanced Options-View Your Update History”.November update appears as Update 1511
sibeen said:
diddly-squat said:
Postpocelipse said:Cost me $50 to buy a win7 ultimate key and then upgrade to win10. If you buy a key I will send you the legit install software for win7 and win10 upgrade.
I just upgraded to Win 10 not 10 min ago… just waiting installing software now…
starts pacing
All G Bro
MV, one way to find out all sorts of stuff about your computer is to open a cmd prompt, make sure there’s at least 1000 lines of history buffer (right-click on the top bar, select “Properties”, select the “Layout” tab, and change the “Height” field in the “Screen Buffer Size” panel to more than 1000 (the maximum is 9999), then type
systeminfo
at the prompt, and hit return. It’ll take a while gathering the information, but it’ll tell you all about the machine, from what type of processor and how much physical memory it’s got, when the OS was installed, when the machine was last booted, and how many network cards are in it, to what updates have been installed. There’s a lot of info, though, so you’ll need to scroll back to read it all.
Michael V said:
Still waiting. See how slow this thing is?
Michael V said:Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Bugger it. I’ll go have a beer whilst I wait.
Postpocelipse said:Pre-empted my question with an answer. Thanks. Now to get settings open…
To find out what updates are installed go to “Settings-Security and Updates-Advanced Options-View Your Update History”.November update appears as Update 1511
Michael V said:
Michael V said:Still waiting. See how slow this thing is?
Michael V said:Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Bugger it. I’ll go have a beer whilst I wait.
Pre-empted my question with an answer. Thanks. Now to get settings open…
Impressively so……….
btm said:
OK thanks, now how do I open a cmd prompt?
MV, one way to find out all sorts of stuff about your computer is to open a cmd prompt, make sure there’s at least 1000 lines of history buffer (right-click on the top bar, select “Properties”, select the “Layout” tab, and change the “Height” field in the “Screen Buffer Size” panel to more than 1000 (the maximum is 9999), then type
systeminfo
at the prompt, and hit return. It’ll take a while gathering the information, but it’ll tell you all about the machine, from what type of processor and how much physical memory it’s got, when the OS was installed, when the machine was last booted, and how many network cards are in it, to what updates have been installed. There’s a lot of info, though, so you’ll need to scroll back to read it all.
Michael V said:
btm said:OK thanks, now how do I open a cmd prompt?
MV, one way to find out all sorts of stuff about your computer is to open a cmd prompt, make sure there’s at least 1000 lines of history buffer (right-click on the top bar, select “Properties”, select the “Layout” tab, and change the “Height” field in the “Screen Buffer Size” panel to more than 1000 (the maximum is 9999), then type
systeminfo
at the prompt, and hit return. It’ll take a while gathering the information, but it’ll tell you all about the machine, from what type of processor and how much physical memory it’s got, when the OS was installed, when the machine was last booted, and how many network cards are in it, to what updates have been installed. There’s a lot of info, though, so you’ll need to scroll back to read it all.
Right click on the start icon and click on r“run command prompt as administrator”
Right click works in mysterious ways……….
Postpocelipse said:
OK. Done, copied, pasted….
Michael V said:
btm said:OK thanks, now how do I open a cmd prompt?
MV, one way to find out all sorts of stuff about your computer is to open a cmd prompt, make sure there’s at least 1000 lines of history buffer (right-click on the top bar, select “Properties”, select the “Layout” tab, and change the “Height” field in the “Screen Buffer Size” panel to more than 1000 (the maximum is 9999), then type
systeminfo
at the prompt, and hit return. It’ll take a while gathering the information, but it’ll tell you all about the machine, from what type of processor and how much physical memory it’s got, when the OS was installed, when the machine was last booted, and how many network cards are in it, to what updates have been installed. There’s a lot of info, though, so you’ll need to scroll back to read it all.
Right click on the start icon and click on r“run command prompt as administrator”
Microsoft Windows
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>systeminfo
Host Name: MARYAN-HP
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS Version: 10.0.10240 N/A Build 10240
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner: Maryan
Registered Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Product ID: 00326-10000-00000-AA716
Original Install Date: 17-Sep-15, 1:12:43 PM
System Boot Time: 05-Apr-16, 11:16:33 PM
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Mini 110-3500
System Type: X86-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
: x64 Family 6 Model 28 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~1500 Mhz
BIOS Version: Hewlett-Packard F.23, 28-Apr-11
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Time Zone: (UTC+10:00) Brisbane
Total Physical Memory: 1,012 MB
Available Physical Memory: 85 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 2,941 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 691 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 2,250 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys
Domain: WORKGROUP
Logon Server: \\MARYAN-HP
Hotfix(s): 14 Hotfix(s) Installed.
: KB3074678
: KB3074686
: KB3081440
: KB3081444
: KB3081449
: KB3081452
: KB3081455
: KB3093266
: KB3095020
: KB3097617
: KB3103688
: KB3105210
: KB3105213
: KB3106932
Network Card(s): 3 NIC Installed.
: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Connection Name: Local Area Connection
Status: Media disconnected
: Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n
Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
IP address(es)
: 192.168.1.100
: fe80::8802:f737:ad02:5a58
: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Connection Name: Bluetooth Network Connection
Status: Media disconnected
Hyper-V Requirements: VM Monitor Mode Extensions: No
Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: No
Second Level Address Translation: No
Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I eventually got it after the box told me I didn’t have a cmd prompt.
Now what does all that mean?
Michael V said:
OK thanks, now how do I open a cmd prompt?
Lots of ways:
1. Press “Windows key” + “x”, and click (or tap) on “command prompt” in the menu that appears.
2. Open task manager, select file->“Run new task…”. and type “cmd” or “cmd.exe” in the box that pops up, and press OK.
3. As above, but if you hold the ctrl key as you press File->“Run new task…” a command prompt will appear.
4. Type “cmd” into the search box. To get a search box, press “Windows key” + “x”.
5. Open the Start menu and click (or tap) “All apps” at the bottom, then select “Windows System”, and click (or tap) “command prompt” from that.
6. Open a file explorer, go to C:\Windows\System 32, scroll down, and select cmd.exe
7. Press “Windows key” + “r” to get a “run” prompt. Type “cmd” or “cmd.exe” into that, and click (or tap) OK.
… etc
Yeah looks like you are missing the november update otherwise the build would be 1058.64 and the version would be 1511
85MB physical memory???
that would make it slow.
Michael V said:
I eventually got it after the box told me I didn’t have a cmd prompt.Now what does all that mean?
Uncertain here. Haven’t seen that before.
available physical memory that should be.
I’ll put the november update on a flash card and mail it to you unless you are coming down to brisbane any time soon. Just have to remind me what your address is.
This might help. Right click on the taskbar and click on Task Manager. Click on startup page and go through the list of programs that are activated at startup. If there are unnecessary activations disable them.
Postpocelipse said:
How big is it?
I’ll put the november update on a flash card and mail it to you unless you are coming down to brisbane any time soon. Just have to remind me what your address is.
Should I get Windoze to get it?
Actually, shouldn’t Windoze have got it?
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:How big is it?
I’ll put the november update on a flash card and mail it to you unless you are coming down to brisbane any time soon. Just have to remind me what your address is.
Should I get Windoze to get it?
Actually, shouldn’t Windoze have got it?
No don’t it is a 4Gig download. It will not have updated due to how slow your pc is operating.
Postpocelipse said:
I’ve disabled some. Others I don’t know about.
This might help. Right click on the taskbar and click on Task Manager. Click on startup page and go through the list of programs that are activated at startup. If there are unnecessary activations disable them.
JudgeMental said:
85MB physical memory???that would make it slow.
Part of the reason it’s running slow is that it’s only got 1GB of RAM, and it’s using all of it, and twice that in virtual memory. Virtual memory is a big file on the disk (C:\pagefile.sys in your case), so using memory means reading and writing to/from disk, which is a lot slower than physical RAM. You can reduce the amount of memory in use by stopping some programs that are not needed: to do this, right-click on the task bar and select task manager, click on the “Startup” tab, and look through that for programs that are no longer needed. It looks like Mrs V was using it for work, so there are probably some programs running that can be stopped.
The machine also looks a bit old – I’m guessing Mrs V was given the machine for work when she was with HP, around 5 years ago – and is a 32-bit processor. I’ll have to look at the specs for Windows 10, but I think it’s targeted mainly at 64-bit machines (it’ll still run on 32-bit machines, obviously, but there may be a performance hit.)
As Postpoc suggests, you don’t seem to have the latest updates. I suggest accepting his offer of the updates on a USB stick, and see if that improves things.
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:I’ve disabled some. Others I don’t know about.
This might help. Right click on the taskbar and click on Task Manager. Click on startup page and go through the list of programs that are activated at startup. If there are unnecessary activations disable them.
There should only be the driver programs for your hardware and programs you want there. If it is vital to the operating system it won’t be on that page.
I just looked at my startup and seem to have discovered what has kept chrome from auto-sign in. Cheers for that.
Postpocelipse said:
OK, thanks. I’ll send an email when I have hotmail up and running again with my address. Is it difficult to install?
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:How big is it?
I’ll put the november update on a flash card and mail it to you unless you are coming down to brisbane any time soon. Just have to remind me what your address is.
Should I get Windoze to get it?
Actually, shouldn’t Windoze have got it?
No don’t it is a 4Gig download. It will not have updated due to how slow your pc is operating.
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:OK, thanks. I’ll send an email when I have hotmail up and running again with my address. Is it difficult to install?
Michael V said:
How big is it?Should I get Windoze to get it?
Actually, shouldn’t Windoze have got it?
No don’t it is a 4Gig download. It will not have updated due to how slow your pc is operating.
Not the way I will send it to you. You will just have to click run when you plug the flash drive in and the autoplay fires up.
btm said:
Never been used for work. I bought it for her when the desktop died. Basically used only for emails, web browsing and one-only OpenOfficeOrg file where I record medical information regularly.
JudgeMental said:
85MB physical memory???that would make it slow.
Part of the reason it’s running slow is that it’s only got 1GB of RAM, and it’s using all of it, and twice that in virtual memory. Virtual memory is a big file on the disk (C:\pagefile.sys in your case), so using memory means reading and writing to/from disk, which is a lot slower than physical RAM. You can reduce the amount of memory in use by stopping some programs that are not needed: to do this, right-click on the task bar and select task manager, click on the “Startup” tab, and look through that for programs that are no longer needed. It looks like Mrs V was using it for work, so there are probably some programs running that can be stopped.
The machine also looks a bit old – I’m guessing Mrs V was given the machine for work when she was with HP, around 5 years ago – and is a 32-bit processor. I’ll have to look at the specs for Windows 10, but I think it’s targeted mainly at 64-bit machines (it’ll still run on 32-bit machines, obviously, but there may be a performance hit.)
As Postpoc suggests, you don’t seem to have the latest updates. I suggest accepting his offer of the updates on a USB stick, and see if that improves things.
Postpocelipse said:
No worries (takes bow).
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:I’ve disabled some. Others I don’t know about.
This might help. Right click on the taskbar and click on Task Manager. Click on startup page and go through the list of programs that are activated at startup. If there are unnecessary activations disable them.
There should only be the driver programs for your hardware and programs you want there. If it is vital to the operating system it won’t be on that page.
I just looked at my startup and seem to have discovered what has kept chrome from auto-sign in. Cheers for that.
;)
Michael V said:
Postpocelipse said:No worries (takes bow).
Michael V said:
I’ve disabled some. Others I don’t know about.There should only be the driver programs for your hardware and programs you want there. If it is vital to the operating system it won’t be on that page.
I just looked at my startup and seem to have discovered what has kept chrome from auto-sign in. Cheers for that.
;)
Well I’ve disabled it but haven’t been able to actually find it and delete. Chrome hasn’t started behaving after a reboot so I’m back on the sleuth. Not what I want to be doing every weekend but when you gotta, you gotta.
Turns out the chrome issued required me to enable cookies. Not sure I disabled them to begin with but I can’t find any more infection on this pc. It is clean as a whistle far as I can tell.
That is soooo much better! :D
Postpoc: YHM.
Michael V said:
Postpoc: YHM.
As do you….
Postpocelipse said:
Michael V said:
Postpoc: YHM.
As do you….
Nice. Just swapped the 2.5Ghz Duo Core Quad cpu from the old pc into this one, which was running a basic duo core at 3Ghz. Software transition appears smoother now.