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    Weird cold start problem P7805u

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by TreeTops Ranch, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. TreeTops Ranch

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    P7805u Win 7 64.

    Starting from a cold boot I ALWAYS get a error message with BSOD. Different error message each day.

    When I shut down then do a re-start I get a screen that asks to do a repair or start normally. I pick 'Start Normally' and it does. No problems until next day when I have the same problem again.

    Anyone else experiencing this anomaly?
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Oct 27, 2011
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    Fixed. It was the hard drive. It finally went belly up yesterday. I have installed a new drive (500 GB 7200 Seagate) and all is good.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Nov 13, 2011
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    Hmmm....mine has done this recently at least 2-3 times in the last month or so. The problem is that the SSD I put in it is only a year old. Mine will say something like "couldn't find boot record" and ask to "start normally" or "recover". I have been able to start normally, eventually, get it to boot up. I will have to do some testing, any particular method or software?
     
    Evil Claw, Nov 15, 2011
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    For a hard drive I would do a rt mouse click on the C drive then Properties>>Tools and check for errors. I never got any report of errors. It just died after weeks of those different error messages I mentioned in first post. For a SSD I just can't answer as I don't have one (yet). Sorry.

    Now is the time to do a backup of any important data you might have on that SSD.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Nov 15, 2011
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