yo for real i got s.o.s. COMPUTER PROBLEMS...halp!

tripledouble

i turn on my laptop today and after i type in my password, it says this shit:windows couldnt start due to an error in softwarereport error as:load needed DLLS for kernelWTF?????can i get a lifeline??????i gotta go to a wedding enniversary of people ive never met before in my life (dont even know their names). when i come back i will sacrifice an alley cat on top of my laptop in hopes of appeasing its fickle circuitry. i dont want to go this route, but its all i can think of doing proactively.soulstrut, plaese to help. plaese to help.

Mad Drama Teacher

I had that one.

Time to reformat.

Sorry.

EDIT: Of course, I'd get a second opinion, but nearly everytime you're dealing with kernel problems, you're fucked.

Tabnetic

if you describe your laptop more you might get someone on here who can help you better. what processor? what model (dell, etc.)? did you drop your laptop/have it exposed to water recently? has this ever happened before?

all may not be lost, but hopefully u have a firewire drive backing up your important stuff???

DLL is dynanmic link library. there's a good chance you're screwed, but an outside chance you can get around it with a windows install disk long enough to fix the problem.

mattB

an outside chance you can get around it with a windows install disk long enough to fix the problem.

Yeah if you type in the exact error message into google or MS support, you might be in luck and just need to copy a dll from the recovery console (using your installation disc) to sys32 directory or something like that.

AlGarth

Wow.
Reading this makes me even happier to be a mac user.

Don't get me wrong I have nothing against a PC and I'm not a mac snob but it just seems like every time there is a "computer problems" thread it's PC related.

Any mac users ever have problems like this? Not me. In fact going 12 years strong problem free. Fat 32 lol.

tripledouble

uh oh, looks kinda grim then huh? i dint back up nothing.
its a sony pcg f650. bought it off a friend. its probably 5-6 years old.
where can i take it to find some computer whiz technician magician type? anyone in philly need some work??

i got my 20 page LP/45 want list and all my girls numbers on that thing.

mattB

did you read beyond the second post?

Brian

yeah, if you got a windows cd, just reinstall windows and you should be straight
do not reformat before you try reinstalling windows. backup all your shit somehow after you do so

tripledouble

did you read beyond the second post?

yeah, but i dont have install disks or much computer literacy. (notice how i never put jpegs in my posts.) where do i go about getting an install disk?
no damage happened to the computer besides me eating vegetarian food near it, so im not sure what triggered this compu-tantrum

tripledouble

backup all your shit somehow after you do so

believe me, that will be the first move.
first i got to resuscitate this thing

mattB

where do i go about getting an install disk?

hmmm, you'll probably have to download it from a torrent or something. I guess you wont need an install key because you're just going to use the recovery console.
But, you might be right. Maybe you need someone to have a look at it for you. All im saying is that formatting is a last resort. Again, get the exact error message and put it in quotes in google. there might be an easy answer for you.

no damage happened to the computer besides me eating vegetarian food near it, so im not sure what triggered this compu-tantrum

no, that's it. must have been the vegetarian food

Swayze

backup all your shit somehow after you do so

believe me, that will be the first move.
first i got to resuscitate this thing

If you can, I'd yank that hard drive out and see if you can't back up your shit BEFORE you start dicking around with trying to save it. I've had this shit happen to me a few times, and it burns.....

seriously- rescue data first. rescue laptop later.

tripledouble

thanks diz, that sounds like a good move. i gotta find someone who knows how to do it first.

ZomB

http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/133655.html

That might be worth a go, it seems pretty simple to do but you will need a windows boot cd.

edulus

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5160538.html

if you have a spare desktop....

then you can reformat and do it all up.

tripledouble

zomB, edulus....thanks a mil. i'ma get a friend to walk me through one of those...fingers crossed. yall beautiful

-t

Gnat

Hey, I recently had a good experience recovering previously inaccessible (deleted data) using a program called Data Rescue II. They make it for PC and Mac. It's the dope shit. It will recover all your data, to some extent, before you have to reformat the whole shabang. The catch is that you need an external HD to recover to. Anyway, don't know if that is much help, but

tripledouble

thanks gnat. where do i get the program?

Gnat

I got my version @ the AppleStore Cuz I'm a Mac head, but I'm sure you could get a PC version @ CompUSA or something. There's another program by Norton that does the same thing, but I go with what I know.

The important thing is not to write over the disk, all you 1s and 0s are still there, it's just that there is a problem accessing them. Get ready to wait though. Once the program starts extracting information to your external HD, it can take a while depending on how much stuff you have. I mean like HOURS. so let it run all night or something. Data rescue II is the Mac version Data Rescue PC is the (DUH) PC version.

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue_pc.php

Check it.