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Offline GoGeTa006

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Completing Installation
« on: February 16, 2010, 05:50:38 AM »
so this nasty toshiba laptop i have sitting besides me has been acting up.

It didnt have internet (network said it was fine, I pinged goolge using cmd, tried doing static ip. . .nada!) even tried connecting it trough ethernet cable.
I decided to wipe it all and do a clean restart. booted from disc, formated drive, install windows, restart computer. . .
windows is getting ready to start for the first time

completing installation. . .
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(hours)
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so I shut it down manually. start in safe mode, starts loading everything. . .stops.

restarted everything reinstalled. . .same thing (and its not frozen. . .you can try to cancel and it will tell you "you cant cancel")

so. . .I tought maybe ill install windows 7 instead.
Its been stuck in 14% for 15 minutes now. . .WTF!? this thing doesnt want anything installed on it or what?

is it the hard drive probably? anyone got any ideas as to why this would happen?
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Offline sdedalus83

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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 06:07:14 AM »
Run a full diagnostic on the disk and then get back to us with the results.  There are compilation disc images, like UBCD, which have dozens of diagnostic programs for everything in a typical PC.  Just burn, boot and run.
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 06:16:59 AM »
Try this and see if there is an error on your hard disk. Do you have two of them?
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 06:18:58 AM »
Mobo? My laptop did that before. Though... it froze at a different point consistently.
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 01:23:11 AM »
i dont know i think it was something with. . .something. . .i opened it up and closed it back down. . .basically i just unplugged and replugged everything(on sight). . .now it has windows 7 :)

you know. . .take out the keyboard. . .and take out the ram and pull out as many little not-soldered-joints and then re connect them . . .
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 02:16:56 AM »
Quote from: GoGeTa006 on February 17, 2010, 01:23:11 AM
i dont know i think it was something with. . .something. . .i opened it up and closed it back down. . .basically i just unplugged and replugged everything(on sight). . .now it has windows 7 :)

you know. . .take out the keyboard. . .and take out the ram and pull out as many little not-soldered-joints and then re connect them . . .

I hope your joking...
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 04:02:45 AM »
You don't sound to sure there GoGeta and quite frankly, that worries me a little bit if only for the sake of your computer.
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 04:12:31 AM »
yeah i know. . .it kind of worries me too. . .but for the moment it worked. . .maybe we'll see a future post titled "WTF bro?" or something along those lines.
lets hope not tho. . .

maybe something happened somewhere in its path towards me and some cable somewhere got loose and then i replugged it all into its original tight position and it all works. or maybe she was just shy. . .you know they tend to be like that from time to time
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 05:02:48 AM »
Just from reading what you initially posted I bet on faulty hardware (Mobo or HDD) or a bad install disk. Can't say for certain, though with the success of the Windows 7 install I'm leaning towards a bad install disk.
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 07:26:53 AM »
maybe it really did install or you just replugged something in and everything works now (who knows?). what i would suggest doing is trying to do a system check with an Ubuntu  LiveCD (it's an easier one) or maybe even Debian disk (does the netinstall disk have this) (if you're knowledgeable).
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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2010, 11:22:03 AM »
Quote from: Natheria on February 17, 2010, 02:16:56 AM
Quote from: GoGeTa006 on February 17, 2010, 01:23:11 AM
i dont know i think it was something with. . .something. . .i opened it up and closed it back down. . .basically i just unplugged and replugged everything(on sight). . .now it has windows 7 :)

you know. . .take out the keyboard. . .and take out the ram and pull out as many little not-soldered-joints and then re connect them . . .

I hope your joking...
One of the first things you should do when troubleshooting is to check all the connections. Contacts between components may have corroded. Reconnecting them may "magically" fix the problem.
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Offline GoGeTa006

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Re: Completing Installation
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2010, 01:19:07 AM »
Quote from: Lupin on February 17, 2010, 11:22:03 AM
Quote from: Natheria on February 17, 2010, 02:16:56 AM
Quote from: GoGeTa006 on February 17, 2010, 01:23:11 AM
i dont know i think it was something with. . .something. . .i opened it up and closed it back down. . .basically i just unplugged and replugged everything(on sight). . .now it has windows 7 :)

you know. . .take out the keyboard. . .and take out the ram and pull out as many little not-soldered-joints and then re connect them . . .

I hope your joking...
One of the first things you should do when troubleshooting is to check all the connections. Contacts between components may have corroded. Reconnecting them may "magically" fix the problem.

exactly! altho not the first thing. . .
id go with trying to reinstall the same disc 3 times. . .and then trying with windows 7 instead. .. then you can go ahead and check all connections ;D
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