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Win10 custom PC stopped booting (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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Just started today. Was able to let it automatic repair and boot up. Was on for like 10 hours, shut down and tried to boot up some hours later. Now its completely stuck on automatic repair. Have unplugged all additional hdd's and then all unnesscarry USB's. Still doing this. Also removed my ethernet card. Still the same.

I cannot lose my data. I have several SSD's and HDD's with important files across several of them.

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[–] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (32 children)

Switch to Linux!

Seriously though, if it boots, update your drivers, probably your graphics card. Try downloading the latest from Nvidia or AMD or whoever makes your card. Your BIOS might have built in diagnostics too, try running them to see if anything throws an error should the driver update not do the trick.

Edit: Thought the "seriously though" would tip people off but I guess the crowd was too dense? Oh well, comedy is hard.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (16 children)

    Not a fan of bots, but Lemmy might as well have a bot that acts as a first responder to tech support questions with this response.

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  • [+] -7 points 8 months ago (14 children)

    …or, maybe this is just the right advice so often

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (13 children)

    “Hey my cars engines is having issues”

    “Have you tried a bike?”

    Give your head a shake, it’s not good or the right advice, the only ones that want to hear it is people who want to circle jerk, doesn’t help anyone.

    People having tech issues aren’t going to need the advice, it’s only going to upset them, and show everyone else how you can’t even read since you can’t answer a simple question.

    It’s not even funny.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago* (10 children)

    To be fair that's not an good comparison. This comparison would be proper if someone was asking:

    Hey my computer stopped working, can you help?
    Have you tried using a calculator instead?

    The proper one would be:

    Hey my Ford stopped working, can you help?
    Have you tried using arch linux a BMW instead?

    Neither of them are helpful, but I think it works better.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    .. …..

    Or maybe suggest a repair manual or mechanic…? How is suggesting a bmw helpful?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    I said:

    Neither of them [the suggestions] are helpful

    It isn't

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    You must need a ladder, because you clearly missed the entire point of my comment.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    No, I got it. I just wasn't commenting on that part.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    So you missed/ignored my only point and decided to just bloviate about your own thing?

    Sure that makes total sense.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    That's how conversations work, people don't always fixate on the thing that you are trying to make a point on. They follow up with their points of view and things they can contribute with.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Thats… not how conversation works dude. If you’re not talking about a related topic, you aren’t contributing. Your derailing the conversation are best, or at worst, just a troll. That’s an incredibly ignorant and fallacious way of thinking, that everyone just needs to listen to your random thoughts?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You do realize that this started by you taking seriously something someone said in jest? The jig should've hinted at when the original comment said "seriously though" so in fact you are the one who derailed the conversation by having tunnel vision on a comment that was a joke, or a light hearted poke at something that you said.was not helpful.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Pointing out that the joke isn’t helpful and would actually make the situation worse isn’t relevant?

    You’re not all there in the head are you?

    Do you even think that OP would read past the first sentence? The harm is already done. But go off if you want lmfao.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    About as relevant as saying that your comparison is apples to oranges while still agreeing with your underlying point.

    Also yes. I would hope people that want to engage in a real conversation would read past the first sentence.

    Btw reaching for the ad hominem argument is quite petty imo.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    windose people can't tell a joke… but I guess that makes sense

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    it’s not even funny.

    Pretty sure I covered that.

    And you’re doing a fine job doing proving my point about not being able to read.

    Do you think someone frustrated from having issues, and asking for help, is going to want a lame joke instead of help? Or is that just going to further frustrate them?

    Or are you incapable of comprehending this?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    Yeah ill download Ubuntu right now thanks.

    Reddit jokes aside: how do I boot into safe mode to update my stupid Nvidia driver ?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You can't boot into safe mode then it's not a driver issue. You might need a pre-install environment. This may be a hardware issue. It also may be a bad update to the kernel.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Jesus christ I am going to lose all of my data on my C drive, arent I?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago*

    Is your data encrypted? If not you can simply remove the c drive from your computer plug it into an external kit and view the contents from another computer.

    Also, if you do connect it externally and you discover that the disc has issues and it's not just a memory problem or something, do not under any circumstances do a disc fix. I lost to drive that way, 2 TB of information just poof. So if you are able to access the drive but there is actually some issue with the drive just remove the data little by little as you can no matter how long it takes.

    Edit: I should have added, you can also use a pre-installed environment OS or an operating system on a thumb drive to access your data. Though I would say for diagnostic purposes removal of the drive to an external kit tends to be better at separating issues with the drive from issues with your actual computer.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago* (6 children)

    Use Arch btw

    Can you boot into the OS at all? If so, at the sign in page, hold the Shift Key down while you select Power > Restart.

    After your PC restarts to the Choose an Option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart.

    You'll probably want safe mode with networking unless you already downloaded the driver.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago* (5 children)

    Can you boot into the OS at all?

    Nope.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (4 children)

    If Windows 10 fails to load enough times, it should offer to boot you into safe mode, however, it sounds like you might actually have a failing drive: I'd recommend cloning the drive ASAP to attempt data recovery (don't do anything else to the drive until you clone it). After that, you can try a repair, but if you have a failing drive it's best to stop using it after you get your data.

    Good luck, I hope this helps!

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    I think my motherboard has shit the bed. Its been having odd voltage irregularities for a few months now but I just chalked it up to be a custom pc built by a moron.

    I can now force the pc to boot from usb windows recovery tool but it still gets stuck on the asus logo. I leave it for an hour and it's the same.

    My c drive is a nvme so ill need an enclosure or adapter to pull/clone the vital data...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (2 children)

    Well, if that is the case, the good news is motherboards are one of the more not-so-expensive replacements: Definitely cheaper than a cooked processor or even bad RAM these days.

    On a related note: It's worth springing for a quality power supply if you don't already have one to make sure your next board doesn't get cooked too.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    As if Linux can't have hardware failures ... Which is the main reason for blue screens.

    Why are so many Linux fanboys so notoriously dense?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    Oofff, you are a hero. I really really controlled myself and didn't mention Linux, but yes. In today's day and age, using windows is just ... There are a few edge cases left for it but mostly it's ignorance. If ignorance is gone and you're still on windows then it's just dumb

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