UPDATE

snap1946 · Senior Member

UPDATE

JayDee · Guru

Snap
Yes we live in a " Throw away society ) these days.
Not worth having the repairs done, when you can purchase a new one so cheap.
Jay&Dee

Cruising Cruze · Guru

If there is something wrong with Windows only why would you need a new computer ?????

Just save the important things on a external hard drive or USB stick

and re install Windows,so simple it is or let it self set back to factory setup what most laptops will do

If any questians just ask

good luck

Cheers John

Blues Man · Guru

Cruising Cruze is right on the money with that one , transfer your data from laptop to external hard drive then reinstall windows and it should be all fixed. Easy peazey nice and easy.

Blues man.

snap1946 · Senior Member

apparently its not worth the money to fix up he said the laptop is very unstable and being 5 years old it would not be worth it
snap

PeterD · Guru

Can you get into your computer to get the personal data off it to transfer to the new machine? Do you have enough storage to save it to? If you are on the road then you may be able to order these by mail - 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - WD Elements 1TB Portable Hard Drive - (A word or warning, Avast shows Kogan as a threat site but it is OK to click on the keep going links on the pop-up and go into their site.)

Alternately JB-HiFi can supply similar storage.

If you can't get into Windows to do that you can use Windows PE to start up your computer and get access to the hard drive. You install it onto a flash drive and if you have set the BIOS of your computer to start from a drive in the USB ports the computer will fire up from the stick. You can configure it on a USB drive though it from - Download WinPE (Windows PE) or see it done here.

Mattt · Veteran Member

Hey Snap,

So close, and yet so far...

If you were on the Sunshine Coast I could get it sorted for you. Five years isn't all that long in the tooth for a laptop. It's probably just spat a memory module or some such, or could even be overheating.

In case it helps (closer), my mum repairs and deals in laptops and stuff (yeah, she's a champ at her age :p) and she's pretty much at Browns Plains in Brisbane.

Cheers,
Mattt.