Computer Help

[byualum]

So...I know nothing aboutcomputers, and I know there are a lot of guys on here that do...so here goes.

This morning when you turn the computer on it goes to a blue screen that tells me that some of the hardware was not installed properly and restart the computer in Safe Mode. When I restart and try to go into Safe Mode, it eventually goes back to the same blue screen.

The computer worked fine last night, but there was a lot of lightning last night.

Am I screwed?

[Ravaging Beast]

Does it start clicking when you turn it on? If so, it is probably your hard drive. Happened to me. I had to get a new hard drive then eventually got a new computer.

[byualum]

Does it start clicking when you turn it on? If so, it is probably your hard drive. Happened to me. I had to get a new hard drive then eventually got a new computer.

Can I somehow recover that data on the existing hard drive?

[Ravaging Beast]

I took it to a small computer shop, and they saved all of my pictures and music somehow. But Comp USA said they couldn't. So if someone says they can't, I would try around a bit before giving up.

I don't have the most computer knowledge, but I replied because i think the same thing happened to me.

[CyLaxKeeper00]

your computer saves info from the last 4/5 days. what you may be able to do is go back a couple of days to recover those settings. review the help file on your recovery disk for more info. (i have to look it up every time it happens to me)

[horn17]

Im your guy....shoot me a PM, I work in Data Recovery and can help you out with this....

If its a physical issue, we can still get to the data...lightning can cause some nasty damage to the PCB boards and the internal chip sets on drives.