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Troubleshoot Fix & Repair your Computer Tips; Web Tech Support:
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Raymond Garcia - WebTechGeek.com
Troubleshoot Fix & Repair your Computer: Before you call a computer repair tech service
and paying big money for help, you should take a look
at your computer yourself. Just a little common sense
may help you solve some simple hardware and software problems.
If you do decide to call technical support, remember to
write down the problem and what you were doing when it
occurred. And also take note of any error messages.
You should try to be as specific as possible
when talking to the tech support or Pc repair person.
For example: "Whenever I try to start up my PC, I see
an error message box. Computers tend to crash or hang
when their hard disks become too fragmented or full. You
should free up space by deleting unnecessary files and
emptying the Trash or Recycle Bin. Also run Scandisk and
disk defragmenter in system tools. Remember to come back
to WebTechGeek.com for more How to tips!
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The Steps:
1. Try restarting your
computer. Many software problems will automatically correct
themselves when you restart your system (reboot). If your
computer is frozen shut it down if you can't turn the
power off on the computer. Then restart after one minutes
and run scandisk on your computer.
2. You should check all
of your cables on the back of you system. If your keyboard
is not working. You should make sure it's plugged in,
sometimes unplug it and replug it helps. If your mouse
isn't working, make sure it's plugged in also. Take a
look at the mouse ball make sure the ball is clean, also
if your mouse uses batteries make sure the batteries are
charged and new.
3. You should check the
electric power outlet. You can plug a small lamp into
the same power outlet that's connected to your computer
to make sure the outlet is working. If you have a PC power
switch box reset it, most have a reset button on them.
4. Disconnect all peripheral
devices (such as a printer or external Zip disk) and restart
the your computer. You should listen for unusual sounds.
Can you hare the hard drive making noises? Are the fans
running? Are the lights on the PC and the monitor.
5. Make the sure the power
is off and your computer is unplugged. Then you can look
inside your computer for wires that aren't plugged in
all the way. Some cards (video, sound, network) need to
be removed then reinstalled. Try starting Windows in safe
mode by hit the F8 key at boot-up. You can also try starting
your computer from an boot disk (start-up disk), you don't
have one? make sure you have one put in a save place!
6. If Windows can't find
a device (CD-ROM - Modem, act.) go to the start > settings
> control panel, and double-click the system icon,
and click the Device Manager tab. If your new drive is
shown with an exclamation point " !"
next to it, right click on your new drive and
delete it. Windows will ask you to reboot, then reboot
windows this time windows should find your new drive.
7. Did you install new
software or new hardware like a new video card? That can
be the problem, think what did you install or change before
the problem started. You can try uninstall or removing
the software and or hardware from your pc. Try to get
your PC back to the point before you installed or made
changes to your system.
8. Reinstalling Windows
over your cornet version can fix most Windows problems,
don't format your drive just install by double clicking
on "setup.exe" on your Windows install CD or
in the run box on the start button.
Remember don't zap yourself
or your RAM. When working inside the computer, turn the
power off and unplug the electrical cord. Ground yourself
by touching the casing of the power supply before touching
any of the computer's circuits. Remember to Back-up your
files on to CD-RW disc, and to come back to WebTechGeek.com
for more How to.
Windows XP users click here
- Troubleshoot a Windows XP Computer Tips
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