Monday, September 12, 2011

Fix a PC that has trouble booting or starting up

On occasion I have noticed that my PC won't start-up without finagling with it. What you may be experiencing is a problem with a hard disk sector. Errors on your hard drive are usually caused by the computer being powered down without actually letting Windows shut down the PC. The computer is using system files all the time, reading and writing to the hard drive continuously. If you interrupt that process it can cause serious errors to crop up.

If you happen to lose power at home or just push the power button for an instant shutdown you are probably creating errors.

It is possible to fix PC start-up issues by running the IoBit Advanced System Care utility. Simply do a "Deep Scan" and it will work through problem area's common to PC's. You don't need the full version for this scan, the free edition is sufficient. I paid the $12 to get the full version and it does all of this automatically for me.

If you cannot boot or start-up the PC you are probably being led to the black screen where Windows asks you to choose between a restore point etc..

Select "Command Prompt with Networking".

When you at the command prompt simply type "CHKDSK /f" or just "CHKDSK".

This will perform a hard disk scan and look for problems. It takes a while to complete but it usually can fix start-up related issues.



If this post didn't address your problem feel free to drop me a comment and check back for the solution.

-Happy computing


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