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> Missing Start Files?, After a while, computer can't start w/o disc
Shaun83
post Jun 13 2009, 07:41 AM
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Hi,

Someone at malwareremoval.com refered me to this sight. I normally keep my computer on all the time. When I do restart it, it has been having trouble booting and asks for the system disc. I can then insert the disc, ask it to do a repair, and then the computer will start fine for a while. As I said, I don't restart very often, so after a repair from the disc if may work great for 2 to 5 restarts over a time of 1 week to 6 or 8 weeks. Once it won't start back up once, it will not start again until it has the disc, so it is not random..

I had it checked for a virus that might do this and that was not it. Thank you in advance for any help.

Shaun
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Shaun83
post Jun 14 2009, 04:35 PM
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Hi Jephree,

By closing after running does that mean the test went well or not? Is there anything else I should do?

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Shaun
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- Shaun83   Missing Start Files?   Jun 13 2009, 07:41 AM
- - jephree   Hi and My first diagnostic approach would be to...   Jun 13 2009, 05:43 PM
- - Shaun83   Hi Jephree, I have a Seagate drive. It has a few...   Jun 13 2009, 07:06 PM
- - jephree   Hi Shaun, That should be good for now. I would su...   Jun 13 2009, 07:14 PM
- - Shaun83   I don't think it is going to let me do that. ...   Jun 14 2009, 01:21 AM
- - Shaun83   Also, I ran the Long drive self test and it came ...   Jun 14 2009, 01:22 AM
- - Shaun83   Hi Jephree, I think I got it to work. I put the ...   Jun 14 2009, 03:39 PM
- - jephree   Hi Shaun, SFC will not post any results or logs. ...   Jun 14 2009, 04:25 PM
- - Shaun83   Hi Jephree, By closing after running does that me...   Jun 14 2009, 04:35 PM
- - jephree   Hi Shaun, That is standard procedure for SFC to r...   Jun 14 2009, 04:41 PM
- - Shaun83   Hi Jephree, What do you think the chance is for s...   Jun 14 2009, 05:15 PM
- - jephree   Hi Shaun, From your symptoms the only hardware I ...   Jun 14 2009, 05:30 PM

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