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

tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
edited December 2006 in Strut Central
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.

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  • Mad Drama TeacherMad Drama Teacher 1,985 Posts
    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.
  • TabneticTabnetic 206 Posts
    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.
  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts
    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.
  • AlGarthAlGarth 353 Posts
    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.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    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.
  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts
    did you read beyond the second post?
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    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
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    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
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    backup all your shit somehow after you do so

    believe me, that will be the first move.
    first i got to resuscitate this thing
  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts
    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
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    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.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    thanks diz, that sounds like a good move. i gotta find someone who knows how to do it first.
  • ZomBZomB 397 Posts
    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.
  • edulusedulus 421 Posts
    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.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    zomB, edulus....thanks a mil. i'ma get a friend to walk me through one of those...fingers crossed. yall beautiful

    -t
  • GnatGnat 1,183 Posts
    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
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    thanks gnat. where do i get the program?
  • GnatGnat 1,183 Posts
    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.
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