/cue soap opera music NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[JetRaiden]

Today, I report to you from my dad's business computer, because my friends, tragedy has struck.
Here's a disaster report of what happened earlier today:

1700: Log on to my computer, fire up Internet Explorer, its down (typical stuff, my network goes down alot). So I open up Battlefield Vietnam. Go to Single Player, open up Operation Irving.
1750: Grab a Huey Gunship, fire up Ride of the Valkiries, and we're off. Approach an enemy position, then some stuttery framerate, no matter, it happens occasionally, so I dive in and waste some bots.
1800: Capped the Artillery position and owned a few more bots with an RPG. Fire some rounds from the cannon, try to find a sweet target.
1810: Head down to the bridge to get some knife kills. As I come within 100 yards of the bridge, the FPS slows to a crawl, no more then 15 FPS.
1811: Pull out a LAW, try to fire, and notice the framerate has slowed to LESS THEN 1 FRAME PER SECOND. (Now just so you know, I can usually run BFVietnam on the top settings, with 64 players and all, while mantaining a FPS of at least 50 or 60).
1813. Then, the game completely freezes. I try every option I can think of, anything to solve the problem without forcefully shutting down. alt tab, ctrl alt delete, nothings working. The computer is behaving like time itself has stopped.
1815: finally, I resort to the unthinkable. I open the computer case, take a deep breath, and push and hold the power button, and she shuts down. I take a moment to catch my breath, then I go lay down on my bed and read PC Gamer for a bit.
1820: I get bored. I decide to turn on my computer, see what went wrong, and fire up some more BF Vietnam.
1821: Computer turns on, I put in the password, Alienware and Pentium logo come up, then the windows loading screen.
1822: Disaster. An error screen appears. saying windows FAILED to start. I take a moment to cry and wimper like a puppy who was just thrown on the freeway. I shut off the computer again. enter password, windows loading screen, same error. This happened at least 5 or 6 times. The options were Start Windows, Start Windows in Safe mode, and thats it. I tried both, and they both did nothing.

I feel like Ive lost a part of myself. Someone, someone please....please just help me... :tear:

[SDM]

1821: Computer turns on, I put in the password, Alienware and Pentium logo come up, then the windows loading screen.


Found the problem. :D

[JetRaiden]

1821: Computer turns on, I put in the password, Alienware and Pentium logo come up, then the windows loading screen.


Found the problem. :D

YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?!!? IS THIS FUNNY TO YOU!?!?!!!

for god sakes someone help!!!1

[Octavian]

Jet, it's incredibly funny to everyone. I'm sure even your dad is laughing his ass off right now.

[eXoSloth]

Hehe, I use the power button all the time with no problems =p

Unless you've REALLY fucked up your drive, just slave it to another drive and pull off all the info. Format, and install windows.

[Corrosion]

Format, and install windows.
^^^^

[JetRaiden]

heres how the conversation went with my dad after it happened...

"Dad dad!! the most terrible thing just happend!!!"
"What? did alley get stuck in a tree again?"
"No worse!!"
"You lost your band of brothers DVD set again?"
"NOOO!!! My computer broke! Windows doesnt even start!"
"O, alright. I'll call those computer guys again tomorrow." *falls asleep*

you guys wont know what its like until you experience it for yourself. :tear: :tear:

[AztecWarrior]

SDM is right. Alienwares may be fast, but they are as reliable as a Hollywood marriage.

[UncleDynamite]

Uh, I have no idea what to recommend. Never experienced such a problem.

Send it back to Alienware. Don't they take care of these things (as I'm sure they have to do quite a bit)?

[Rbstr]

find you windows CD get in the bio set the CDrom to boot first. Restart and put teh CD in as soon as you can get the tray open, and get it in, then hit a button to make it boot from teh disk, then do a repair instalation.

[Corrosion]

Uh, I have no idea what to recommend. Never experienced such a problem.

Send it back to Alienware. Don't they take care of these things (as I'm sure they have to do quite a bit)?
They come in your house and fix it.

[Bighoss]

There is only one option left!

Boil em, mash em, and put it in a stew!!!

http://boilemmashmem.ytmnd.com

[Zodiac]

There is only one option left!

Boil em, mash em, and put it in a stew!!!

http://boilemmashmem.ytmnd.com
ROFL! :rofl: You fucker I woke my dad uplaughnig at that. :lol:

[Baneblade]

When my computer does this...I'll build a new one...

[Triggar]

That happened to me a few months ago, only it was on a Compaq laptop and frankly I was asking for it with circumstances like those.

My message said, "Operating System Not Found". My hard drive shit the bed :(

Unless you've REALLY fucked up your drive, just slave it to another drive and pull off all the info.

We tried that in my situation. Wouldn't work. I lost everything.

Jet, buddy, I feel for you. It's a reallyyyy crappy situation. Thankfully Martyr had a sweet rig to spare (bless his heart), so I've been using this one since.

Good luck, we're here for you!

[martyr]

^ her harddrive rattles when i shake it.

i shake it a lot.


anyway, i agree with rbstr, try the repair installation first, it won't endanger any of your non-windows data.

if that fails, take your hdd to a working machine witha free ide channel and start backing up what you need, then format it, partition it, put the data back on, and head back to your system to reinstall windars.

edit: grr, you got wagner stuck in my head

[Infernus]

... ...Alienware... thats what you get...

Edit: And... always look on the bright side of life... always look on the light side of life... if life seems jolly rotten, theres somethin you've forgotten, and thats to laugh and dance and smile and sing... when you're feeling in the dumps, don't be silly chumps... just purse your lips and whistle, thats the thing... annnndddd... always look on the bright side of life! Always look on the bright side of life!


/me goes back to Life of Brian

[NoSurrender]

yea i couldnt do anything 3D wise til' i fixed my computer.

[eXoSloth]

That happened to me a few months ago, only it was on a Compaq laptop and frankly I was asking for it with circumstances like those.

My message said, "Operating System Not Found". My hard drive shit the bed :(



We tried that in my situation. Wouldn't work. I lost everything.

Jet, buddy, I feel for you. It's a reallyyyy crappy situation. Thankfully Martyr had a sweet rig to spare (bless his heart), so I've been using this one since.

Good luck, we're here for you!

This sounds more like he shut his turned his computer off during the writing of an OS file, and that file got corrupted. In that case I believe most of his data should still be there.

[Heavygain]

Just smack it a few times with a bat, that'll fix it.


Yes, i am serious, im not joking.

Either that or stick a magnet on it for a few hours.

[Everay]

do what Martyr said, you know, what someone else said, thats what i would suggest to you good ol buddy. i feel for ya, happened to me as you know, dont let it get you down. hell, i lost a game i had just bought at the Mall yesterday, i mentaly kicked myself in the balls, and moved on, do the same.

[lightfire]

do what Martyr said, you know, what someone else said, thats what i would suggest to you good ol buddy. i feel for ya, happened to me as you know, dont let it get you down. hell, i lost a game i had just bought at the Mall yesterday, i mentaly kicked myself in the balls, and moved on, do the same.


dude how the hell did you lose a game what did you throw it in a garbage can on thursday? crap man.... i would continue but it would be a flame

[Infernus]

dude how the hell did you lose a game what did you throw it in a garbage can on thursday? crap man.... i would continue but it would be a flame

A flame... from you? Never... :rolleyes:

[Everay]

left it on a Arcade i was playing, and walked off.

[Hezzy]

^ her harddrive rattles when i shake it.

i shake it a lot.

:brow:

[Dharkbayne]

dude how the hell did you lose a game what did you throw it in a garbage can on thursday? crap man.... i would continue but it would be a flame

Don't be stupid, lots of things can happen (Forget to pick it up from the counter, set it down somewhere and someone steals it, etc.)

And that's not a flame.

[Hezzy]

dude how the hell did you lose a game what did you throw it in a garbage can on thursday? crap man.... i would continue but it would be a flame

Needs moar grammer.