hokiehunter07
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I've seen that there's a million similar problems out there, but I can't get any of those fixes to work.
Back in Feb I installed a new HP printer on my HP Pavilion desktop. About a month later windows automatically updated. A few weeks after that Windows randomly shut down and would only restart in Safe mode.
I was away on business for a month or so, but my wife could not get the computer to start normally. She turned the computer off and it set dormant for a few weeks.
When I got home I turned on the computer and everything booted up normally. I took that chance to back up all my important files on an external hard drive, but then about 3 hours into operating normally it shut down and would only boot in safe mode. I tried several fixes to no avail and then just gave up.
A few weeks later I tried again and sure enough the computer booted normally, let me run Vista for a few hours, then locked up, shut down, and refused to boot in anything but Safe Mode.
I tried system restores, but at the end of the process I get some error about not being able to complete the restore. I've run start-up repair about a half dozen times with no luck. I've tried going into msconfig in safe mode, but there are no check boxes when the window opens.
What the heck is going on with my computer??? Can anyone offer any help? The computer did not come with a recovery CD or the original Vista CD.
Hokie
Back in Feb I installed a new HP printer on my HP Pavilion desktop. About a month later windows automatically updated. A few weeks after that Windows randomly shut down and would only restart in Safe mode.
I was away on business for a month or so, but my wife could not get the computer to start normally. She turned the computer off and it set dormant for a few weeks.
When I got home I turned on the computer and everything booted up normally. I took that chance to back up all my important files on an external hard drive, but then about 3 hours into operating normally it shut down and would only boot in safe mode. I tried several fixes to no avail and then just gave up.
A few weeks later I tried again and sure enough the computer booted normally, let me run Vista for a few hours, then locked up, shut down, and refused to boot in anything but Safe Mode.
I tried system restores, but at the end of the process I get some error about not being able to complete the restore. I've run start-up repair about a half dozen times with no luck. I've tried going into msconfig in safe mode, but there are no check boxes when the window opens.
What the heck is going on with my computer??? Can anyone offer any help? The computer did not come with a recovery CD or the original Vista CD.
Hokie
