Sys crashed and now I have 8 mini windows on my laptop

[Kajitsu]

Sys crashed and now I have 8 mini windows on my laptop screen
tried rebooting, no go
let it sit, restarted still have 8 mini screens
sys wont repair
says I have no restore point when I go that route
tried sys repair from disk...again windows says it cant repair

I was playing WoW, had NO issues with pc up to this point, figured it was a random crash...PLEASE help

 

[zigzag3143]

Sys crashed and now I have 8 mini windows on my laptop screen
tried rebooting, no go
let it sit, restarted still have 8 mini screens
sys wont repair
says I have no restore point when I go that route
tried sys repair from disk...again windows says it cant repair

I was playing WoW, had NO issues with pc up to this point, figured it was a random crash...PLEASE help

restart in safe mode(F8) does it still have 8? If not its probably a video driver

Ken J

 

[pebbly]

you have'nt got your display set to "tiled" have you?

 

[Kajitsu]

Tried the F8 option, still wont boot correctly...

Pretty sure a no go on the tiled, since PC crashed and booted back up with the screen like that; and I only get 6 full tiles and the 7th and 8th are cut off at the bottom.

I am somewhat of a novice...so please be patient with me...

 

[pebbly]

have you tried what zigzag recommended?

 

[Kajitsu]

yes'um

on the off chance I did tile on the restart (although it was giving me error issues on reboot), how do I turn it on/off? After almost 3 yrs with my laptop I have never done that...sigh, I feel like an idiot.

 

[pebbly]

try uninstalling the graphics adapter from the device manager and reboot , let windows find or load a driver for it ,then if the os loads a standard vga driver and everything is ok download the latest mobile nvidia driver for your card , all the experts are busy at the moment but someone better qualified than me will be along shortly

 

[Kajitsu]

Sadly I can not even get to the device mngr...

Think I am just going to try a fresh install, only had Win7 for 3 weeks now, everything is backed up on the entertainment PC.

 

[pebbly]

load your win 7 disc and do a repair install do this 3 times it is the recommended method check out the tutorial section on how to do this sorry ican not be of more assistance to you , but if you have patience an expert will be along

 

[Kajitsu]

lol...did that while sitting here reading the forums (I was trying to find a similar issue before posting), still gave me the same answer "windows could not repair your problem..."
And you are of great assistance, cross checking me, to make sure I am following procedure is a great value. =)

 

[pebbly]

well im at a loss here it is sounding very much a graphics card problem did you ever check the temps of the gpu when running any games etc normally when a gpu is dying you get pixelation or lines ive never known one to throw up 8 screens

 

[pebbly]

going away from forum for a short while to do some research for you

 

[theog]

Hi

Go to Personalization:

 

[Kajitsu]

No pixelation or lines, was absolutely fine, was typing a note to a guildmate, screen froze, then pc crashed. I figured, random crash, turned it back on and got the 8 screens (not tiled) think excel columns, and getting the error.
Temp has been fine, I even let it cool before attempting my novice repair.

 

[Kajitsu]

OK its not a tile issue...did a full install, got up to the part where my pc "needs drivers and updates...restart...", I did that and I am back to square one; pc is now telling me (again) "you pc was unable to restart...use system restore..."

SO frustrated...

 

[pebbly]

thanks theog for your help,kajitsu did a search and this is all i could find that was someone had 4 screens but they were proper screens complete with icons that was'nt resolved

 

[Kajitsu]

Theog...thank you, but it looks nothing like that

Its 2 columns of 4, 3 of which you can see the windows and the 5/6 at the bottom are cut off...

 

[theog]

Hi

Post a screenshot:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html?ltr=H

 

[pebbly]

are you connected to the internet all the time you are reinstalling preferably through a wired connection

 

[Kajitsu]

can you upload an actual photo on the site, would be MORE than happy to take a photo and post...