if my laptop is continuously rebooting, would this automatically mean that I have basically lost all files on the computer?

what would be the best option in trying to restore the laptop and saving the files on the computer?

12/3/2007 11:07:35 PM

Have you tried booting from a disk, or your could always pull out the hard drive and put it in an enclosure.

12/3/2007 11:36:16 PM

what do you mean booting from a disk and or putting the hard drive in an enclosure?

12/4/2007 12:03:20 AM

You can buy a hard drive in closure and take the harddrive out of the laptop and hook it to another computer, assuming you harddrive is not fried you can pull you files off of it onto another computer. You can get a linux iso and before you computer goes to windows select it to boot from you cdrom drive. You than could mount an external drive, and again if your harddrive is ok you should be able to get your files.

12/4/2007 12:55:41 AM

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"if my laptop is continuously rebooting, would this automatically mean that I have basically lost all files on the computer?"

no

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"what would be the best option in trying to restore the laptop and saving the files on the computer?"

remove hdd n use (ide to usb convertor cable or hdd enclosure) and connect it to another machine and recover the files.
Format the hdd and reinstall OS

[Edited on December 4, 2007 at 1:01 AM. Reason : .]

12/4/2007 12:57:28 AM

it doesn't mean you lost your files. i had this problem when my laptop doesn't boot the os. for me, it was a sensor that was out of whack so i had to tilt it at a 10 degree angle to get it to read the hard drive. i took the battery out and harddrive out and sent it back. it was good i got a 3 year warranty on it. it was pretty painless. so it MIGHT be a hardware issue not your os. good luck

12/4/2007 8:07:30 AM

A bit more about "continuously rebooting" might be helpful. Does it make it as far as Windows loading? Does it read the drive at all? You may just need a Linux Live CD to get your crap off so you can reload Windows if the problem lies there. It's cheaper than an enclosure - it's free.

12/5/2007 5:48:33 PM

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"A bit more about "continuously rebooting" might be helpful. Does it make it as far as Windows loading? Does it read the drive at all? You may just need a Linux Live CD to get your crap off so you can reload Windows if the problem lies there. It's cheaper than an enclosure - it's free. "

it seems to make it to the windows being loaded page, it just doesn't allow me to click on my name to login.

12/16/2007 12:35:02 PM

can you bring up windows in safemode without it rebooting?

12/16/2007 3:19:58 PM

not sure...if i get an ide/usb cord and give the hard drive a try...would this be a way of seeing if i can salvage the info on the hard drive?

12/16/2007 11:35:16 PM

1) you really need to find someone who knows what theyre doing to look at your pc

2) your ram might be bad. run memtest to confirm.

3) your files should be fine.

12/16/2007 11:57:30 PM