power outage

I had a power outage yesterday while watching a video from my external hard drive. Decided to scan the hard drive using windows and it said some issues were found or corrupt. and it moved it to folder "found" I can't find this folder at all. I have already gone to folder options and unchecked...

I have Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit. I had a power outage at my house while my computer was on. After I turned the computer back on, it blue screened a couple of times, but on the 3rd attempt it booted up. However, I noticed that my sound was not working. After trying a few things, checking...

Hello - I did search the slow start up topics, but couldn't find anything relating to a power outage. Also, I can't say 100% that this is related to the power outage. I had this same problem a couple months ago after an automatic Windows update. I restored the computer to 2 days prior and...

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Hello. I'm sorry to add yet another topic of which you've probably already seen for the umteenth million time today... But I was hoping to get some help, if possible. For a few months now, whenever I boot up it seems that all of the USB ports on the computer, including the network adapter...

WIN 7 (64 bit) Desktop. Recently I have had a poweroutage. This didn't cause any "major" problems. I had Firefox open (.exe) and another program (.exe) open. Both of these experienced issues. Firefox I wasn't too bothered about. The other .exe program I was. I solved the problem by using the...

I have been having a serious issue with my PC. The PC will boot up without incident, but if I try to access explorer or the OS, it will slow to a crawl and eventually freeze. I have encountered this with firefox, the start menu, and when trying to access the task manager. The problem is...

Greetings.... as a first timer in this forum, I trust I'm in the right place.... This issue is a little complicated so I will try to be quick about it. We utilize a virtual network adapter along with a Sprint broadband adapter which communicates on an EVDO-A platform for a mobile computing...

As the typhoon made its way towards Kyushu on Sunday morning, Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mudslide warning for Kagoshima, where recent volcanic eruptions left the ground weak and prone to such events. Kagoshima received 121mm of rain on Saturday. A little further south, Naze had a...

The global electronics industry continues to assess the damage to the supply chain. Here’s a rundown on some of the company’s that issued statements on their business in Japan on Thursday. Link Removed Cabot Corp. (CBT): All employees safe; minimal facilities damage. The company, which makes...

The aftermath of the huge earthquake and tsunami is Japan's worst crisis since World War II, the country's prime minister Naoto Kan has declared. It also resulted in a tsunami that saw huge waves obliterate towns along Japan's north-east coast and officials now believe the final death...

I have a win7 (x64) platform with VM's to utilize several other OS's (linux based) which worked dandy up until yesterday when I had a short power outage. The win7 has perfect connectivity but the VM's do not. My VM which has always run as a public access/ unidentified network, has no internet...

July 6) -- A heat wave along America's East Coast has left one person dead and sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits, creating dangerous conditions from North Carolina to Boston. A 92-year-old Philadelphia woman has died because of excessive heat exposure, a medical examiner told...

I have asked this question elsewhere with no solution. I had an electric outage and lost some open Calc OO files. Now every folder/file (PDF too) on my computer is hidden. I have a check mark next to "Show hidden files, folders or drives" in Folder options. All files are shown but grayed out. I...

From the New York Times: From the Associated Press: I've been on the phone with Optimum Online, which provides high speed cable Internet to the NY tri-state area. I've been on hold for over an hour. :confused: It looks like the infrastructure here is seriously damaged. This is following a...

i dun know the reason why it happened.but i m sure about reason.i have 2 ways to connect to my dsl,one is speedtouch thomson 330 modem n other is via my router way which is wireless.since i am living in pakistan and pak is under energy crisis so power outage happens,therefore i need to use...

Hi all I'm very excited about Windows 7, it's the best MS OS ever in my opinion. However, I've been experiencing some problems with Windows Startup Repair. Where we live we suffer lots of power outages. I have a UPS, but I sent it in for repairs after it got some lightning damage. So now...

I left my computer (running 7 RC) on over night because it was downloading and installing SP2 for Office 2007. In the morning the computer was off. I imagine the power went out some time during the night because when I turned on the computer, I get a screen stating that there was an improper...

I currently have 3 hard drives and one Disk Drive (DVD). I installed W7 on Drive 3 (disk 2). Drive 1 (disk 0) has windows XP on it, but it wont boot due to some odd windows\system32\config\ folder missing or corrupt. My power went out when windows was loading and Kaput. I want to be able to...