Wondering whether I killed my computer...

[Trendkill]

This isn't help with RO exactly, it's a question about whether, through lack of patience, I killed my computer...

I'd closed RO in a hurry and it was 'powering down' as it does (I was gonna update my memory later that day to see if it would speed up the process) but because RO takes an age to close properly I turned my PC of at the wall and when I got back my PC would not get past the Windows loading screen before it restart... Could, by my pretty stupid and impatient actions, have fried something in my PC because RO uses a lot of CPU power whilst it was closing?
My guess is probably yes but I'm no computer expert and was hoping if something was fried whehter someone here might know what...

 

[sop_Ie]

Did you try booting in at safe mode?,I dont think you fryed anything from your description.

• Restart the computer.
• Just after the POST diagnostics and memory count, start pressing the F8 key
• On the Startup Menu, choose Safe Mode
• restart pc

 

[Peter.Steele]

You didn't damage your hardware, probably. You -might- have corrupted some data on the hard drive from now shutting down correctly, but it's not tooooooo terribly likely that you did any physical damage to the hard drive.

 

[fiftyone]

Put in Windows boot disk and choose R to repair, let Windows do its thing.
Or if I remember correctly choose DOS prompt/command line only and type CHKDSK.
This is off the top of my head so don't quote me on it.

 

[Trendkill]

Well I've tried safe mode and I'm pretty sure my brother (who's the computer whiz) tried the repair thing but it wouldn't get past 75%. I'll ask my brother though next time I see him.

 

[Peter.Steele]

Well I've tried safe mode and I'm pretty sure my brother (who's the computer whiz) tried the repair thing but it wouldn't get past 75%. I'll ask my brother though next time I see him.

Welp, then you've got a really sucky choice remaining: FDISK.

 

[endorphin]

Before you fdisk, make sure the windows cd is clean (windex)...

and try the repair again.

 

[Peter.Steele]

Before you fdisk, make sure the windows cd is clean (windex)...

and try the repair again.

True.

There's another option as well that I forgot about. Recovery Console doesn't make it easy to figure out, but you CAN re-install Windows over your current installation ... but keep all your installed programs and such. It's just a little more complicated and the options aren't really clearly laid out to do it.

http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm
^^^^ Explains the procedure.

 

[fiftyone]

True.

There's another option as well that I forgot about. Recovery Console doesn't make it easy to figure out, but you CAN re-install Windows over your current installation ... but keep all your installed programs and such. It's just a little more complicated and the options aren't really clearly laid out to do it.

http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm
^^^^ Explains the procedure.

True, this could be the way to go !

To add to what I wrote earlier I think CHKDSK \S will do a system check,(I believe).