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xplosion456
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Yesterday I wasn't thinking, and turned my pc off by holding down the power button. I was trying to get to the bios fast because it was getting late, and now I regret trying to speed things up. When I turned it back on it said there was a drive error, and that I needed to restart it to fix the problem. When I did it started to load a diagnosing pc menu and started a repair. Then the repair failed and sent me to a menu with other repair options to fix it. Most of the other repair options I can't even do because I don't have a administrator account. I realized that I had probably corrupted my drive, and not just some small file but windows itself. I can even get into windows anymore because it just goes to this failed repair menu every time. I know I will probably have to fresh install windows, but it is not a problem if I lose my files because my pc was just built recently. My specs are mobo: msi h81m e33/ cpu: Pentium g3258/ gpu: amd r9 270x/ psu: evga 500 watt bronze rated/ hdd: wd caviar blue 1tb/ ram: team dark series 8gb. Anyone's help would be very appreciated.

 

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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You probably corrupted a file. Only option is to reinstall Windows, unless you have a backup to restore from(unlikely).

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Yep, it's rare but does happen if it's updating or writing a file, reinstall time

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How exactly do I reinstall when I can't even boot into windows? Do I just stick in the installation disk and set that for the boot order? I mean I'm kinda clueless. Thanks for all the help!

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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You probably corrupted a file. Only option is to reinstall Windows, unless you have a backup to restore from(unlikely).

 

 

Yep, it's rare but does happen if it's updating or writing a file, reinstall time

How do I reinstall? The only reason I made another post is because I forgot to quote you guys. srry

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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How do I reinstall? The only reason I made another post is because I forgot to quote you guys. srry

Do you have a Windows disc?

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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Do you have a Windows disc?

Yes, and I read the tutorial on eight forums to reinstall. I hope it works!

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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