Cant start my pc


  1. Midthus
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Cant start my pc


    Just came over this site and desided to ask about a solutionto my problem. For two years ago I bought parts to a computer with help from a friend.
    I lost my interest and didnt use it in a year.

    Early this year I wanted to try and use it a little more and I ran into some problems. I couldn't start it. Im not good with computers so I searched around online and found the "f8, start in safe mode" thing. And it worked. But I still couldn't find a solution to get my computer to start normally.

    Today I tried again. Now I cant even get into safe mode. When I press f8 I get into a blue menu ( Please Select boot device). When I try to press f5 then f8, the Startup Repair comes and Im back where I started.

    Any advice?
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  3. linnemeyerhere
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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    First thing I would do is open it up and replace the flat battery on the mobo and then start it up into the bios and reset date and time and general settings.
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  4. Midthus
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    How do I know if the battery is flat? And how do I change it? Haha. Sorry..
    Computer skills: Minimal
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  6. Gator
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    Dual Boot: Windows 8.1 & Server 2012r2 VMs: Kali Linux, Backbox, Matriux, Windows 8.1
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    Looks like this

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  7. gregrocker
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    Place the Win7 disk in the drive, reboot and tap the key given on first screen for Boot Menu, trigger the disk to boot to run a Startup Repair.

    If that fail then follow these steps How to Boot A Computer from CD or DVD - YouTube.

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