Basic Bootup Trouble Shooting Guide - By: Felicity Lightbody

If you are having problems with your PC but not sure where to begin then this article on computer repair will be a good place to start off. Before you begin trying to focus on and fix the problem on your computer you will need a couple of things. The first, and possibly most important, is a second computer on which you can do research as well as download programs and patches. Secondly you will need to have a flash drive handy so that you can quickly transfer the files over to the broken PC.

Once you have those things you can then begin to take a look at the PC. Depending on the nature of the problem you will begin with different tasks. If the computer will not boot up you will need to make a boot disk. Luckily this can be done easily through Windows and you can actually format the flash drive so that it is bootable. You will then have to go into the system bios and make sure that it knows to load off of the flash drive. If the computer will not even turn on your problem could be with your power supply. You can hook your motherboard up to another power supply and then try to boot. If this does not work the problem is probably going to be related to your RAM. If you have two RAM sticks in you can try removing one then booting, if that does not work try removing the other and booting. These are just the tip of the iceberg for hardware problems but should quickly reveal where the problem is causing your system not to boot.

If the problem is that the system is running slow you can run virus and spyware scans to see if there is anything malicious on there. Make sure that all these programs have the newest virus definitions and that you are running them in safe mode.

About the Author

Felicity is a part-time writer, writing occassional pieces in the UK. If your PC is experiencing problems then try a computer repairs service hertfordshire for any onsite pc repairs for business or home . For more information please visit the kcs-solutions.co.uk website.

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