I'm running an XP x64 machine and while it occasionally hangs up, normally I have no troubles. I used the computer fine on Thurs night, but yesterday when I turned the screens on, there was nothing. The computer was not sleeping, it was still fully powered on, but there was no signal to the monitors. I tried to restart it - nothing, I manually powered it down, waited, booted it back up - nothing.
I've tried this several times now and I can't get anything from it - it doesn't start up at all. I feel it is a harddrive issue because the red status light on the CPU goes on and remains solid how it normally does when it first starts up, but then it never starts blinking ... it remains solid, as if maybe it's trying to reach the HDD to boot up, but it cannot find it. This is my just my thought though, and while I have some insight into computers, I may be very wrong.
I'm a photographer and while I do regular backups, you can't get everything. This computer (HDD) is VERY important!!!
Any thoughts / direction would be much appreciated! Thank you!
I've tried this several times now and I can't get anything from it - it doesn't start up at all. I feel it is a harddrive issue because the red status light on the CPU goes on and remains solid how it normally does when it first starts up, but then it never starts blinking ... it remains solid, as if maybe it's trying to reach the HDD to boot up, but it cannot find it. This is my just my thought though, and while I have some insight into computers, I may be very wrong.
I'm a photographer and while I do regular backups, you can't get everything. This computer (HDD) is VERY important!!!
Any thoughts / direction would be much appreciated! Thank you!