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« on: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 21:33:21 » |
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Any techs who can help with a laptop issue?
One of the kids has a windows 7 laptop that he was given by an uncle, who got it from work after it was retired on a new for old lease.
It has worked fine for about 18 months but after a power cut has come up with an error message on booting that I can't get past.
The error message is B1InitialiseLibrary failed 0xc00000bb
I have tried all of the bits suggested by Google except trying to boot off of a windows restore USB.
My problem is that I don't have one, and don't have a product key to download one.
Any suggestions?
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 21:38:25 » |
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Bin it or get windows 10. Seriously, Windows 7 support ends in January so will be prone to attacks.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 21:42:46 » |
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The laptop will get replaced next year with a new one for Uni.
For now I need a restore drive just to be able to boot it
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 23:10:25 » |
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Had a quick Google, as I'm sure you already have.
Doesn't look like a quick fix, more playing around with a few suggestions for fixes which is a bit tricky to explain here unless you are happy to create a boot usb, etc.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, November 8, 2019, 07:03:00 » |
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Cheers Batch. It is the boot USB I am looking to download.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, November 8, 2019, 09:21:14 » |
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Cheers Batch. It is the boot USB I am looking to download.
Oh FFS. I didn't read to post properly. Apologies
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, November 9, 2019, 09:04:13 » |
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If you can't do anything, can I recommend Green Machine, based in Whittonditch between Aldbourne and Hungerford. An excellent small company who clean and recondition ex-business computers and donate many of them to people in need. (They were going to support STFC in the Community, sending some to Zambia, when I was involved with FITC. If you want to follow up i can let you have a contact if you PM me.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 19:10:12 » |
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My mate is retired and of a certain age and is looking for a new laptop. Principally to play movies, vid clips and surf the net. Oh, along with ordering shit products from amazon, QVC etc. Odd email. Needs Microsoft office. Apparently would like a 14” screen. If I said money is no object I do not mean the fucker is loaded but budget is not really what he is looking for. I guess something to last until he dies. All sensible recs appreciated.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 19:34:40 » |
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My mate is retired and of a certain age and is looking for a new laptop. Principally to play movies, vid clips and surf the net. Oh, along with ordering shit products from amazon, QVC etc. Odd email. Needs Microsoft office. Apparently would like a 14” screen. If I said money is no object I do not mean the fucker is loaded but budget is not really what he is looking for. I guess something to last until he dies. All sensible recs appreciated.
Get a better mate who doesn't take the piss out of him on an internet forum for being "of a certain age" who orders "shit products from Amazon, QVC, etc" and calls him a "fucker" for a start.
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 19:52:29 » |
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Get a better mate who doesn't take the piss out of him on an internet forum for being "of a certain age" who orders "shit products from Amazon, QVC, etc" and calls him a "fucker" for a start.
That would be funny if you didn’t make yourself sound like a sour old git without a sense of humour.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, December 6, 2019, 12:20:32 » |
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That would be funny if you didn’t make yourself sound like a sour old git without a sense of humour.
It wasn't meant to be and I am.
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, December 6, 2019, 23:31:50 » |
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It wasn't meant to be and I am.
Now I understand the ‘Exiled’ bit, probably for the best.
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