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apparently, you have not read the whole thread : /
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My computer keeps restarting itself. What the #$&@ is causing it? — Page 3
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Yes, PM Moth3r.
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Warbler-temp said:
apparently, you have not read the whole thread : /
tl;dr
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TV's Frink said:
Yes, PM Moth3r.
done.
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The last couple of times this sort of thing happened to me, on 2 different computers, it was the motherboard (or Moth3rboard ?) that was going bad.
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I suppose that could be the case for me. Whatever it is, it probably won't be worth it to do the repair job because the computer is so old. I only thing I really care about is saving the info on the harddrive. I was backing it up, but the back up hard drive failed awhile back and I never got around to replacing it. : (
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Did you try booting holding down F12 with a bootdisc in the drive or or on USB?
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If none of these fixes get your system limping, you can just pull out the HDD and keep it in an enclosure.
If the problem is a mobo issue, then you really are better off skipping the repair shop and just buying a new computer, since that's what you'd be doing if you got it fixed anyway--replacing a mobo that old means you have to replace everything else, too, because it won't be compatible. Might as well just pull out the hardware that will still be useful (on a 10-year-old computer, that's probably only your HDD, but I don't know what you might have put into it over the years) and use it in your next computer.
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boy am I stupid. I forgot there was link to request a new password. Moth3r reminded me. I got a new password and can now access my original account. The mods can do what they want with the temp account. Boy do I feel embarrassed.
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And here I was getting used to having Warbler-temp around. I'm sure gonna miss him =(
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No worries, Warbler. Locking up the temp account now.
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Did you try the boot disc?
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no, I am not sure what I am going to do.
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Why don't you give it a try?
At worst your old computer remains frazzled and at best it's fully recovered and works better than before.
In between are a world of possibilities (like recovering lost data to put onto a new computer).
Good luck.