Major Computer malfunction - Please Help - Page 3

Motorboat Cruiser · 07-24-2006, 09:24 PM

My PC is refusing to boot. It worked fine this morning although before I shut it down, I had been playing the Sims 2 and the program froze the computer. I didn't think much of it and went to the office all day. When I got back, I turned it on and noticed that I got no beep.

It went through the little bios screen, then started windows. A few seconds later, I got an error message that said something to the effect of "We apologize for the inconvenience but windows failed to load". It then gives me the option to safe boot, normal boot, or boot from last known configuration that worked. I've tried all of them and no matter which I choose, it goes back to the Bios splash screen, then starts windows, then goes back to the apology screen.

My first thought was the ungodly heat and humidity has caused a problem with the CPU. Yet, it seems the problem is windows related. If the CPU was bad, it doesn't seem I would have been able to go into BIOS (which I can, nothing looked abnormal)

So now I'm thinking virus. I downloaded some custom content last night for the Sims and I'm wondering if there is something suspect with one of the files. However, I installed the files last night and the system booted fine this morning. I've been keeping the computer off when I'm not using it due to the heat.

So while I try to find my windows disk and see if I can do a repair of the OS, does anyone else have any ideas as to what this might be? Hard drive failure? virus? gnomes? I'm open to suggestions.

07-24-2006, 09:24 PM	#1
Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	Major Computer malfunction - Please Help My PC is refusing to boot. It worked fine this morning although before I shut it down, I had been playing the Sims 2 and the program froze the computer. I didn't think much of it and went to the office all day. When I got back, I turned it on and noticed that I got no beep. It went through the little bios screen, then started windows. A few seconds later, I got an error message that said something to the effect of "We apologize for the inconvenience but windows failed to load". It then gives me the option to safe boot, normal boot, or boot from last known configuration that worked. I've tried all of them and no matter which I choose, it goes back to the Bios splash screen, then starts windows, then goes back to the apology screen. My first thought was the ungodly heat and humidity has caused a problem with the CPU. Yet, it seems the problem is windows related. If the CPU was bad, it doesn't seem I would have been able to go into BIOS (which I can, nothing looked abnormal) So now I'm thinking virus. I downloaded some custom content last night for the Sims and I'm wondering if there is something suspect with one of the files. However, I installed the files last night and the system booted fine this morning. I've been keeping the computer off when I'm not using it due to the heat. So while I try to find my windows disk and see if I can do a repair of the OS, does anyone else have any ideas as to what this might be? Hard drive failure? virus? gnomes? I'm open to suggestions.
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