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01-20-2021, 08:55 AM | Topic Starter |
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How ****ed am I?
Computer was acting laggy when I plugged it into my docking station so I shut it down. When I restarted it This is what I’ve been looking at for 45 minutes.
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01-20-2021, 09:17 AM | #2 |
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should be ok. Give it time.
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01-20-2021, 09:22 AM | #3 |
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Well, that's about the time I call my computer guru buddy. Good luck.
Seems like 45 minutes is way too long. I personally would turn it off and try again, but I don't know if that's the best course of action. |
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01-20-2021, 09:29 AM | #4 |
Ain't no relax!
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It shouldn't take that long. But give it some more time. You really don't want to power it off during a Windows repair. Bad things can happen. But if it doesn't progress any, you might have to.
It may be a sign of hard drive failure or Windows system corruption. But it may just be a little hiccup that's not really indicative of anything. Hopefully the later. |
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01-20-2021, 11:27 AM | #5 |
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It could take anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. It just depends on the computer, the size of the hard drive, and several other factors.
Like Fish said, wait as long as you can and try to let it finish. |
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01-20-2021, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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I had some shit to do so it’s set for close to 3 hours. When I get back I’ll take a look. Thanks for the advice.
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01-20-2021, 11:52 AM | #7 |
It was not a fair catch
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Windows is pushing out a large update
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01-20-2021, 12:17 PM | #8 |
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My computer did that; the Automatic Repair. Never recovered. You can download and burn a copy of the latest version of Windows 10 and boot from it. It will give you options to check the drive, etc. I had a few adult beverages and ended up losing patience with the whole process; it had been running for 16 hours and I said enuf. Hopefully, you have everything backed up... If not and the drive has bad sectors, just start from scratch with a new drive, get an external drive enclosure and copy the data from it once you have Windows up and running again.
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01-20-2021, 12:45 PM | #9 | |
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I wouldn't even boot it again at that point as you risk increasing the errors on the hard drive, making data less recoverable. Slap a new hard drive in it, reinstall Windows, and then put the old drive in an enclosure and pull your data off of it. |
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01-20-2021, 12:51 PM | #10 |
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do all of that and use it as a business expense for tax reasons
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01-20-2021, 12:57 PM | #11 |
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So I guess all is well that ends well?
It ran on that screen for 4 hours. I forced it to shut down and upon restart appears to be working properly. Maybe I just delayed the ****ing? Who knows. Thanks for the help guys. |
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01-20-2021, 01:05 PM | #12 |
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I would try to run a full diagnostic, using a boot disk like crazykirk mentioned and at least back everything up. You don't want to lose any data.
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01-20-2021, 01:11 PM | #13 |
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I've had similar things happen with the Lenovo laptop I have for work.
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01-20-2021, 01:15 PM | #14 |
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Back your shit up now. Could be a sign of things to come.
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