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Computer help needed (overheated now having issues)

by Apr 7, 2015 12:34AM PDT

Hey guys!

One of my computer fans stopped working and I began to get warning that computer temp was too high.. Because I am silly I continued to use my computer until it eventually gave in.

I replaced 2 fans and tried to turn comp on - was saying CPU fan error / 0 rpm (was moving though).

I took it to a place and they said the fans were not compatable with my CPU and my memory sticks were overheating.

Now my computer turns on (YAYYY!!) --- But... I've lost almost everything on my computer (apart from a few things - looks like computer restored to first week i had computer 2~ years ago) and also will not detect wireless internet.

Does anyone have any ideas how i can either get my stuff back or be able to connect wirelessly again?

Huge thanks in advance (sorry for the long post)

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Re: lost almost everything
by Former Forum moderator Apr 7, 2015 1:03AM PDT

It's quite unlikely that much files are deleted from a well-functioning hard disk. Let's say that when you bought it 25 GB of the disk (the partitions you use) was in use. How much was it, say, last month? And how much is it now? If it's about the same now as it was last month, you didn't lose much. Then keep searching for your files.
And remember: you only lose what you didn't backup.

To connect wirelessly when the built-in hardware doesn't work anymore and it's not a driver issue, use a USB-dongle.

Kees

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by Rhys2294 Apr 7, 2015 1:17AM PDT

How do i go about searching for it. also looks like it has just switches users (only 1 user though) -- saying i dont have administration access (it is a admin user)

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by Kees_B Former Forum moderator Apr 8, 2015 6:22AM PDT

Then use your spare admin user to fix that. Having no spare admin account is not per se a recipe for disaster, but it doesn't really help solving them.

If it's just a corrupted account, boot from a Linux disk or USB stick to move all your files that are left in that account (or maybe even, but I don't hope that's the case: left on the hard disk) to an external disk (and from their to a second backup location, of course).

Kees

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Yo
by Apr 8, 2015 2:15AM PDT

Did you back it up to A back up service if you can get it all back. Your might have damaged your apdapter you can get one on ebay cheap

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