Re: emachines w3107 question

Not sure about repair or replacement, but Surge protection isn't enough
to protect your system. You need a Universal Power Supply (UPS). It
used to be an expensive item, but these days you can get one for ~$40.
It's not just surges that damage electronic equipment, but momentary
loss of power ( brown outs ) can also cause problems. Every summer I
have more than a few customer whose Wireless Routers fail due to
these Brown-Out power events.

On your machine, a Chkdsk might have resolved the issue - but after the
recovery steps you've taken that isn't likely to help now.

"dedmunne" <dedmunne.29ea598@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dedmunne.29ea598@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My girlfriend has left this comp running 24/7and we've had the comp. for
about 2 years with no problems until yesterday when a storm knocked out
the electricity and ALL that appears on the screen now is this
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MediaShield ROM BIOS 6.33
Copyright (C) 2005 NVIDIA Corp.


Detecting array ...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

She rebooted several times and a couple of times " Windows
root\system32\hal.dll. is missing " appeared on the screen .

We first tried the "Recovery Disc" that came with the comp. and tried
both the "Destructive" repair and the "with Back-up" repair options to
no avail and now when you reboot the only thing on the screen besides
the eMachines logo is

BOOT Menu F10
BIOS Settings F2

in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

When I tried the Recovery Disc,it says "restore in progress" but it
gets about 50% through the "formating harddrive" or "file
back-up",according to which option you choose,and then stops,screen
goes blank and then a royal blue screen saying
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
" A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

If this is the first time you've seen this error screen blah blah
blah.

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed
blah blah blah.

If problems continue,disable or remove new hardware or software blah
blah blah. "
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
My comp was also plugged in but was turned off,since I wasnt using
it,and both have surge protectors but the DSL is hooked to hers and
mine is Wireless Router so a surge may have came through the Phone line
but who knows.

Does anyone have any suggestions other than taking it to a comp. tech
because it would probably be cheaper to just buy a new one that would
be better and about as cheap as a repair?


If a new one is the best option...is it better to turn Comps. off when
you're NOT using them or does it really matter because I see it as
leaving you car running 24/7 and not expecting premature failure?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.




--
dedmunne


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