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Hey guys! 

I found a really old thinkpad, Lenovo laptop in one of my cupboards. I thought that if I clean it up and everything, I can actually sell it for a little bit of money. But when I boot it up, it takes me to the "Windows did not boot up successfully" page. I tried opening Windows up in normal, safe mode etc.. But when I do that, it freezes for 5min then it restarts, and the same issue happens again..

How can I resolve this?

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3 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Hey guys! 

I found a really old thinkpad, Lenovo laptop in one of my cupboards. I thought that if I clean it up and everything, I can actually sell it for a little bit of money. But when I boot it up, it takes me to the "Windows did not boot up successfully" page. I tried opening Windows up in normal, safe mode etc.. But when I do that, it freezes for 5min then it restarts, and the same issue happens again..

How can I resolve this?

BIOS won't even come up when I spam "DEL".. 

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1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

BIOS won't even come up when I spam "DEL".. 

Try:

ESC

F1

F2

F8

F9

F10

F11

F12

 

I am pretty sure it might be F1

 

EDIT:

Googled and it looks like some Thinkpads are F2 to access BIOS

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1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

It has Windows.. It takes me to the Windows crash screen.. You know when the power goes out and you turn the PC back on? It shows that black screen and asks if you want it in Safe or normal mode?

didn't they stop that after windows 7?

I've never never had it with 8/8.1/10

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
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4 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

reinstall windows?

And I don't have the Windows disk for it.. :(

It is using a 500GB Western Digital hard drive (blue). I took the hard drive out and I thought to myself if I can actually wipe everything on the hard drive and then I can use it as a 3rd hard drive for my gaming PC?

How would I be able to erase everything on the hard drive though?

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Just now, Telebubbies said:

I think that this PC is using Windows XP or something! xD

xD

anyway you don't need the windows disk

make a bootable flash drive then proceed with the installation like normal, since the activation code is probably tied with the motherboard

Well, now you're reading this, I might as well inspire you with a deep quote

If you fall, I'll be there

             - Floor

so inspiring, so deep, the feels ;-;  THE FEELS ;-;

 

Newer Build which I'm gonna buy when I haz moneyz

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.76 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£0.00)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £803.77

 

somethings says '£0.00' because I already bought them

 

https://soundcloud.com/theglitchmob/whitestripesremix
 
probably best remix out there

 

 

If I follow you, consider your self lucky, I rarely follow people and when I do it's either because

1) I look up to you

2)I like your picture

3) Or you have an epic ass rig (40 titan x's 9 6700k's clocked at 29GHz that is what I call a epic ass rig, but no one has that soo...)

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3 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

And I don't have the Windows disk for it.. :(

It is using a 500GB Western Digital hard drive (blue). I took the hard drive out and I thought to myself if I can actually wipe everything on the hard drive and then I can use it as a 3rd hard drive for my gaming PC?

How would I be able to erase everything on the hard drive though?

If you want to add it to your existing PC, then you can just plug it in then go to: Start > Computer Management > Disk Management > Select the disk you want to clean > Right Click > Format

 

Follow the Format Wizard that appears. It is fairly simple to follow. This is for Windows 7, 8/8.1 and 10.

 

Or if you want to install an OS, then it will give the option to clean/format it when installing the new OS.

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1 minute ago, LynxThe1st said:

xD

anyway you don't need the windows disk

make a bootable flash drive then proceed with the installation like normal, since the activation code is probably tied with the motherboard

I actually now want to erase everything on the hard drive (believe it or not, but it is a western digital 500GB blue).. I took it out of the laptop and I want to make it as my third hard drive in my gaming PC. Now I have to find a way to erase the data. 

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I actually now want to erase everything on the hard drive (believe it or not, but it is a western digital 500GB blue).. I took it out of the laptop and I want to make it as my third hard drive in my gaming PC. Now I have to find a way to erase the data. 

Read my post above.

CPU: i5 4670k @ 3.4GHz + Corsair H100i      GPU: Gigabyte GTX 680 SOC (+215 Core|+162 Mem)     SSD: Kingston V300 240GB (OS)      Headset: Logitech G930 

Case: Cosair Vengance C70 (white)                RAM: 16GB TeamGroup Elite Black DDR3 1600MHz       HDD: 1TB WD Blue                              Mouse: Logitech G602

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium                       PSU: XFX Core Edition 750w                                                Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45               Keyboard: Logitech G510

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9 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

I plugged it into my PC and fired it up. Windows does see it as disk D: but when I click on it, it says "Access Denied."

How do I bypass this? 

Did you format it?

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