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Windows 7 Can a certain hard drive size make a laptop shut down randomly?
Good day, I would like to know if a certain hard drive size, say 1TB, affect a laptop by making it shut down and restart before the laptop even starts. The laptop does not restart in safe mode, only in normal mode. I recently got a new 1TB hard drive for my HP g60-519 laptop and I am wondering...- RaenCamp
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- 1tb hard drive incompatibility laptop normal mode restart safe mode shutdown storage issues
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Windows 7 Laptop keeps shutting down and restarting after Windows 7 installation
I have a HP g60 laptop, I just replaced the hard drive with a Seagate 1 TB SATA 5400RPM hard drive because the previous one died. I installed a downloaded windows 7 home premium on it. After following the instructions I managed to get it up and running again. But the next day I turned it on as...- RaenCamp
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- battery issues hard drive hp g60 installation laptop restart seagate shutdown troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD 0x00000124 hal.dll
I keep getting this error. I have reformated the hard drive and installed a Fresh Copy of Windows 7 and still get this BSOD. Also the computer shutsdown but doesnt restart. I have to manually push the power button to get the computer to turn on. Any suggestions how to correct this problem. I...- Kenny16301
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- blue screen bsod dump files error hal.dll restart shutdown tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Computer is totally freaking out....
Hi Over the past couple of weeks my compputer has gone from being slow and semi responsive to completely non responsive. It started with it not installing updates properly, and then progressed to the computer not shutting down at all. I managed to get a system restore to work eventually, and...- poppiect
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- compaq computer error freezing non-responsive performance presario safe mode shutdown system restore temporary files troubleshooting update virus scan windows 7
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Windows 7 Turn my PC to remote machine
Hello, I am interested in turning my PC to a remote machine (like a dedicated/rootserver) but to be able to start up and shut down my PC w/e I want remotely. Also I would like not to change my OS (windows) in order to achieve that, if it's possible of course. The whole thing has to do with my...- alexander606
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- business travel dedicated server home pc pc control proxmox remote access remote desktop shutdown startup windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Kernel event ID 41 error "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first"...
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- error event id kernel logs performance reboot shutdown system troubleshooting windows
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Windows 8 USB 3.0 Problem
I use windows 8. Recently I have bought an external hard disk[toshiba] with USB 3.0 support. I have one port in my laptop with USB 3.0. My every hardware drivers are up to date[Including my BIOS]. The problem is when i connect hdd to 3.0 port, what i get is 2.0. [There's a light that show up...- Swalih
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- bios compatibility connection device recognition drivers external drive hardware hdd installation performance port issues restart service issues shutdown speed issues support toshiba troubleshooting usb 3.0 windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Loss of power of laptop; no bluescreen.
Playing a game and quite often the screen blacks out. When I alt-tab it goes to windows logon, making me log in to my account again. After about 4 or 5 of these occurrences the laptop just shuts itself down. No bluescreen and the charger's in with 100% of battery. I have enabled minidump...- GeneralHiningII
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- battery black screen games laptop login issues minidump overheating performance power issues settings shutdown specs tech support troubleshooting upload w7f warm windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows update issue
Win 7 64 bit. When I put the computer to sleep Windows wants to shutdown to load the Office 2007 updates. I let Windows do this a few times, but the message continues to appear for the same set of updates every time I want to use sleep. The update history shows the updates have been installed.- john92210
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- 64-bit issues office 2007 shutdown sleep mode update update history windows windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 PFN CORRUPT LIST error continues!
I'm sorry for posting another thread about this, but I just really want these errors to be over. (Also I forgot the label the thread as Windows 8 last time. I've been having Windows 8 PFN CORRUPT LIST errors essentially everytime I shut down my computer. However I only seem to be getting them...- Cuboido57
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- conflict corruption drawing tablet error pfn shutdown troubleshooting windows 8
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Windows 7 New drive causing very slow shutdowns.
Hello. I am experiencing very long shut down times, lasting atleast five minutes, then reach a blue screen. The blue screen shows DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE I have recently removed my CD drive and replaced it with a Link Removed holding another hard drive. I would obviously like to resolve the...- freezurbern
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- blue screen driver issues driver_power_state_failure hard drive performance shutdown speccy system error troubleshooting upgrade
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Windows 8 Laptop Shutting down automatically while watching 720p Videos (NO BSOD)
Hey all, I am having a problem in my lenovo z560 laptop where whenevr i play 720p videos, the laptop automatically shuts itself down after a few minutes.. At first i thot it was just that one video file, but soon i realised that it was all 720p video files, but normal HDTV files work great. So...- jenil
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- 720p frustration htdv laptop lenovo logs overheating shutdown support video
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Windows 7 Windows Update Not Installing.
Hello. This past week, when i go to shutdown my laptop there has been a notification of necessary updates. I continue to click the shutdown with updates option, and it 'installs' the updates and shuts down. When I start the computer back up however it acts as if it the update was never installed...- ricjaff
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- advice computer installation issues laptop notifications shutdown troubleshooting update windows
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Windows 7 MOTU 828MKII FW crashes windows 7 on startup or randomly later
Hi, i hope you guys can help me. i got a motu 828 mk II FireWire lately and it crashes with BSOD and the following symptoms: 1) windows 7 BSOD on boot right after the windows logo before the login screen with a BSOD if i switch the Motu interface on when switching on the PC. 2) when i switch...- Fischfix
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- 828mkii audio bsod crash diagnosis editing electrostatic firewire hardware motu shutdown startup windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Laptop not shutting off & fan issue
We have a Asus K52Jc running Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I started getting complaints that the laptop would randomly shut down. I took a look at it and found that the fan was seized and not cooling down the laptop. I ordered in a new fan and replaced it. The new fan works wonderfully, the only...- stevenvw
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- activity indicator asus k52jc bios cooling fan issues hardware laptop performance power management rpm safe mode seized fan shutdown speedfan task manager thermals troubleshooting update windows 7
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Windows 8 stuck on shutting down screen for over 8 hours
My computer is stuck on shutting down screen for several hours now and if I do a hard shutdown with the power button and restart it comes on with same screen. I even unplugged for a couple hours but same results. I did no new installs or anything else before this problem and first time this...- peterblue
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- antivirus computer issues restart shutdown stuck screen tech support troubleshooting windows issues
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Windows 7 Computer Stuck on 'Shutting Down' After Moving: Troubleshooting Needed
I recently moved, and when I hooked my computer up at my new place it won't shut down for some reason. I've never had this problem before. When I go to shut it down, or simply restart it, it goes through the process, but when it gets to the screen saying "shutting down windows" the little...- Jakus01
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- blue circle computer freezing help problem restart shutdown troubleshooting windows
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Windows 7 Sudden HDD 100% useage Long boot time
Hi All, My PC was running great but when I started it from overnight sleep, which woke at the normal speed, I as always did a manual update to Avast definitions. It did the download as quick as always, but then during the "saving package" it hung. I left it like that for some minutes, and then...- toddpaw
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- 64-bit avast background processes boot time disk performance hdd usage manual update pc maintenance performance issues registry resource monitor safe mode shutdown sleep mode slow startup system restore tech support troubleshooting user inquiry windows 7
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Windows 7 Help! How to fix - No bootable device error!
I have an HP g60 windows 7 Home Premium its almost 3 years old. I started a program (Adobe Flash CS5 portable, I believe) and then I hibernated the laptop. It was taking a longer time than usual to do this so I did a force shutdown by pressing the power button. After an hour I decided to turn...- RaenCamp
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- adobe flash black screen bootable command prompt corrupted drive data recovery error hard drive hibernation hp laptop installation disk last known good configuration mbr repair shutdown system repair system restore tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 7 Computer Unresponsive After Idle: Troubleshooting Random Power Downs on Win 7
Periodically my computer shuts down, the power indicator will be on but there is no output, if I press the power button it will boot up normally, I have set the power plan to never shut down anything it will do this sporadically, it doesn’t do it while I’m working only when it has been idle fora...- Bobcoop103
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- amd asus computer idle motherboard performance power down shutdown troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support