AFU error

lumberjim · 11-19-2008, 08:09 PM

I can turn my laptop on.....but i can't turn it off. It just sits on 'Logging off'
I can't uninstall any programs.
I can't install any programs...it just sits on the 'preparing to install
If i highlight text in firefox, it lock the program up
I cant get the Task manager to open...although it sits in the tray
I can't restore to a previous restore point...I get the same 'preparing' hang

this is all true in safe mode as well.

w t f

If i format drive c, will the restore on drive d boot?

Aliantha · 11-19-2008, 08:14 PM

Oh...I've seen that before.

That's A Fuck U error.

lumberjim · 11-19-2008, 08:38 PM

All Fucked Up, actually.

...hmmm...the highlighting text thing seems to be better

Beestie · 11-19-2008, 08:41 PM

Did you make a bootable CD by any chance? If not, make one at work - google 'BOOT CD'.

Hopefully, you are set up to boot off the CD.

Flint · 11-19-2008, 08:47 PM

Are you running Vista?

SteveDallas · 11-19-2008, 10:50 PM

I don't know what you're dealing with, but to answer part of your question, if the computer has a restore partition, that will usually wipe the disk and restore everything to its factory condition without you having to do any kind of prep. (Of course you need to back up anything you want.... there are still ways to get the files off, if you need to, even if Windows won't boot--as long as you're not dealing with actual physical failure of the drive.)

lumberjim · 11-19-2008, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Are you running Vista?

yes

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I don't know what you're dealing with, but to answer part of your question, if the computer has a restore partition, that will usually wipe the disk and restore everything to its factory condition without you having to do any kind of prep. (Of course you need to back up anything you want.... there are still ways to get the files off, if you need to, even if Windows won't boot--as long as you're not dealing with actual physical failure of the drive.)

the restore feature wont go

SteveDallas · 11-19-2008, 11:25 PM

Hmm well you may have a toasted hard drive.

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 08:37 AM

but the computer works ok otherwise?

Flint · 11-20-2008, 08:40 AM

You know what to do with toast, right? Put jelly on it.

PUT JELLY ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.

LabRat · 11-20-2008, 08:54 AM

It's all jinx's fault. If you didn't have all those pics of her smoking hot body on there, this would have never happened.

Flint · 11-20-2008, 08:55 AM

Look who's talking. Your pics ruined my keyboard.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 09:01 AM

I admit I'm nosy. I'd love to know what was in Labrat's deleted reply.

Flint · 11-20-2008, 09:02 AM

Put jelly on your hard drive?

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 09:49 AM

put jelly on *these*

11-19-2008, 08:09 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	AFU error I can turn my laptop on.....but i can't turn it off. It just sits on 'Logging off' I can't uninstall any programs. I can't install any programs...it just sits on the 'preparing to install If i highlight text in firefox, it lock the program up I cant get the Task manager to open...although it sits in the tray I can't restore to a previous restore point...I get the same 'preparing' hang this is all true in safe mode as well. w t f If i format drive c, will the restore on drive d boot? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-19-2008, 08:14 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Oh...I've seen that before. That's A Fuck U error. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-19-2008, 08:38 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	All Fucked Up, actually. ...hmmm...the highlighting text thing seems to be better __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-19-2008, 08:41 PM	#4
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Did you make a bootable CD by any chance? If not, make one at work - google 'BOOT CD'. Hopefully, you are set up to boot off the CD. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

11-19-2008, 08:47 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Are you running Vista? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-19-2008, 10:50 PM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I don't know what you're dealing with, but to answer part of your question, if the computer has a restore partition, that will usually wipe the disk and restore everything to its factory condition without you having to do any kind of prep. (Of course you need to back up anything you want.... there are still ways to get the files off, if you need to, even if Windows won't boot--as long as you're not dealing with actual physical failure of the drive.)

11-19-2008, 11:25 PM	#8
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hmm well you may have a toasted hard drive.

11-20-2008, 08:37 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	but the computer works ok otherwise? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-20-2008, 08:40 AM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	You know what to do with toast, right? Put jelly on it. PUT JELLY ON YOUR HARD DRIVE. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-20-2008, 08:54 AM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	It's all jinx's fault. If you didn't have all those pics of her smoking hot body on there, this would have never happened. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

11-20-2008, 08:55 AM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Look who's talking. Your pics ruined my keyboard. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-20-2008, 09:01 AM	#13
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I admit I'm nosy. I'd love to know what was in Labrat's deleted reply. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-20-2008, 09:02 AM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Put jelly on your hard drive? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-20-2008, 09:49 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	put jelly on these __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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