It’s a used unit from a local computer shop they’re willing to warranty for 30 days. Probably the same as what was in it. I mean the only reason I’m even buying one is the one I had here has the wrong plugs to connect to some components. Or I’d have spent zero dollars for one.
So let’s review. I started it in safe mode and deleted some files as was suggested by others. To finish clearing the programs it needed to reboot. I told it to reboot and within 20 seconds of this reboot starting it quit.
The next morning I attempted to boot again, only because I wanted to grab some passwords out of it. As usual it gave the options for safe mode, I chose no because the email program won’t run under it. It then gave me the startup repair procedure.
The startup repair ran and concluded it could not fix the problem. At that point an HP specific help dialouge came up. Before I could choose anything, again it quit. I think it’s likely the shutdown damaged files.
The bottom line is I cannot do anything about any files on the machine until I verify it has a functional power source. A similar power supply robbed from a junk computer is more than good enough to use to determine if this is the issue. If it turns out I cannot salvage the machine, I’m only out $20.
So I will replace it, put it back together, turn it on and see what happens. My guess is it will be unable to boot and may give me the repair process again. If it still quits in a short time, then the power supply was not the problem. If it does not quit, maybe I can play around with it long enough to get it to recover.
So let’s review. I started it in safe mode and deleted some files as was suggested by others. To finish clearing the programs it needed to reboot. I told it to reboot and within 20 seconds of this reboot starting it quit.
The next morning I attempted to boot again, only because I wanted to grab some passwords out of it. As usual it gave the options for safe mode, I chose no because the email program won’t run under it. It then gave me the startup repair procedure.
The startup repair ran and concluded it could not fix the problem. At that point an HP specific help dialouge came up. Before I could choose anything, again it quit. I think it’s likely the shutdown damaged files.
The bottom line is I cannot do anything about any files on the machine until I verify it has a functional power source. A similar power supply robbed from a junk computer is more than good enough to use to determine if this is the issue. If it turns out I cannot salvage the machine, I’m only out $20.
So I will replace it, put it back together, turn it on and see what happens. My guess is it will be unable to boot and may give me the repair process again. If it still quits in a short time, then the power supply was not the problem. If it does not quit, maybe I can play around with it long enough to get it to recover.
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