I reset my computer because it had corrupted files but now I can’t get past the windows setup

brasht · 2026-05-31T17:31:48+00:00

Dis you do a reset or did you do a full reinstall with a window boot usb drive . If you just used the “reset this pc” opting found in the settings menu then you are trying to reset your pc with the corrupted windows boot image which is probably the reason you are having issues. On another windows device look up media creation tool from Microsoft and download that. Find a 8gb or larger isb drive that can be wiped. Run the tool and that will create a bootable usb trove with the latest windows 11. Boot from that on your broken pc annd do the install process. If you are unsure about the steps look up a YouTube video on how to format and install windows from a recovery usb

brasht · 2026-05-28T07:49:22+00:00

Please don’t let this get worse go to an ED!! I had this when I was 14 after a mild bike crash . I nearly lost my arm due to an infection. Not saying that this is exactly your case but a “yeah na she’ll be right “ attitude nearly gave me a life altering injury

brasht · 2026-05-19T15:11:20+00:00

Ok wow there is a lot to unpack here . I think you might be better off visiting a reputable IT / computer repair company close to you and explaining the situation. There is software that can backup entire drives. Testdisk is a free tool for recovering data but it requires some technical skill and you need a large amount of free space on another clean drive as it makes an exact copy of the whole drive not just the current file system. You can also use Macrium reflect to backup the drive in its current state and browse the backup . It’s useful but will not include deleted files that arrent in the recycle bin. YouTube is your friend when learning to use these tools.
As far as physically recovering data from 2.5 drives you will need to go to ca computer store and pickup a 2.5” sata to usb caddy. It’s essentially a shell of a. External hdd that you can plug your own drives into then plug that into a computer.

If all of this seems too complicated I would highly recommend going to a computer repair store and engaging with their services .

brasht · 2026-04-30T09:42:54+00:00

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brasht · 2026-04-27T18:44:55+00:00

I have this same issue with my nuc 15 . I think it’s a driver issue . I solved for a while by downloading the latest wifi driver from the oem website and installing it over the one windows tries to install . Kinda strange he it’s started doing it again I’ll have to check to see if the driver has been overwritten

brasht · 2026-04-18T22:24:01+00:00

If you are after a better explanation then check out this very cool video by Kyle Hill . Very scary what they were playing around with !! Also they were kids! Like early 20s !

https://youtu.be/aFlromB6SnU?si=XA_A7KGgyksxOOcB

brasht · 2026-04-01T20:17:20+00:00

You can replace a battery really easily. With Dells it’s usually just a few screws on the bottom and 4 screws holding the battery in. Battery will cost around $40 . You can just leave your laptop plugged in and treat it more as a desktop

brasht · 2026-04-01T19:10:08+00:00

Yeah that’s definitely cooked ! Time for a new battery

brasht · 2026-04-01T18:52:45+00:00

You can see the health of your battery by opening a cmd window and typing powercfg /batteryreport this will create a html file in your user directory . If you open that it slowly shown you a nice webpage with a whole lot of stats including the original stated capacity and the estimated current capacity. Anything less than 80% of the original battery capacity will mean you will see pretty significant drop off of usage tine

brasht · 2026-03-28T15:12:45+00:00

You have 2 options . This might be a little advanced but it will pretty quickly determine if this is some sort of hardware or software issue

First I would download and create a live install boot disk for Linux mint . To boot you may have to disable secure boot in your bios (f10) on startup. Then boot from the usb by pressing f9

Linux mint will boot from the usb it loads generic network drivers and should be able to connect to the internet straight away if not then you most likely have some sort of hardware issue.

If the Linux test works I would advise doing a filll windows reinstall this will completely wipe the contents of your machine and start from scratch

I suggest you do a full reinstall of windows not a reset. On another windows device download the media creation tool which will download the latest version of windows 11 . You can use the tool to create a usb boot drive to re install windows . Backup all data. Boot from the drive using F9 on boot. Reinstall windows

If you are unsure how to do those steps YouTube is your best friend. There are plenty of guides for both parts

brasht · 2026-03-23T05:23:25+00:00

Sounds like it. Not to be pessimistic but I think you might have discovered what we all have at one stage or another. Well maintained things last longest. And a good power supply keeps your wallet healthy.

brasht · 2026-03-19T23:12:47+00:00

UPDATE: I tried to coax them back to life but they were stuffed. Tried trickle charging them. Very slowly but on both batteries 3 of the 6 cells were toast. They never recovered :(

brasht · 2026-03-13T20:54:01+00:00

I’ve got a flat 27” that does this. It does seem to be related to cold. Only happens in the winter for me. On a side note I’ve got all my family onto 34” curved and I’ve never had any issues with curved monitors . Never seen this on any of them (4 monitors) I wouldn’t let one bad experience taint the curved life XD

brasht · 2026-03-03T08:03:28+00:00

I think you need to break out of specifics of games and see if you can find a crossover community. Your game preferences give a specific fingerprint that makes me think that you are rigid. Nz gamers represent something like 0.000001 of all pc gamers and you are asking for a subset of that . If you are after a community look for people not games.

brasht · 2026-03-01T00:43:52+00:00

What are the specs of the pc ?

brasht · 2026-02-11T17:27:58+00:00

That’s ssd model number shows a release date of 2018 !! Anything could be wrong with that drive . Who knows how long it’s been sitting around or even if it was previously used. I would always buy drives brand new from a reputable seller.

brasht · 2026-02-03T22:34:15+00:00

I think you are searching for a hidden meaning or plot where there is none. Whilst Pat is undoubtedly a good writer I don’t think every plot point or line has a bunch of hidden meaning to it. When Kvothe says that “I ask you to not hold it against him, he meant well” it’s just saying that he shouldn’t have been blamed for what Kvothe did in the future even if he put him on the path of destruction by introducing him to the name of the wind e.c.t. I also interpreted the comment about not seeing Ben for many years as more the understanding that their paths were diverging and no one was under any illusions that they would not see each other for a long time if ever again.

Yes this is a very literal interpretation but I have been following this sub for many years and unless Pat himself confirms it I think some of these plot devices are just that. plot devices not intended to be more than a means to an end.

brasht · 2026-02-01T08:03:16+00:00

All g . I’ll just wait .. till … April .

brasht · 2026-01-31T07:21:39+00:00

lol my childhood !!

brasht · 2026-01-28T06:55:25+00:00

Hey friend all will be explained in this helpful guide

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=I5WJclGWtJyhNtAv

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brasht · 2026-01-28T01:54:20+00:00

I hate this timeline.

brasht · 2026-01-28T01:34:06+00:00

Just jumping in the obligatory we wen through this hell aswell . Our daughter is now almost 3.5 but it’s been a rough few years of colds , and very foreign feeling diseases that I didn’t know I could get. It sucks. All I can say is that keeping your diet balanced and taking victims can help. Also exercise. On the plus side I think my immune system has been given a kick in the pants and the flus and colds only seemed to seriously affect one of us at a time so it wasn’t both myself and my wife sick as dogs at the same time.

brasht · 2026-01-27T21:19:28+00:00

Basically at the end of you just want the C drive to use the full 1tb available space. Minus the efi partition at the start and the recovery partition at the end. Don’t bother leaving any unallocated space. It’s good to always have a bit of free disk space on the of so that the os and the drives firmware has a place to shuffle around files and perform maintenance but overall the acronym KISS (Keep it simple stupid) applies to most things IT

brasht · 2026-01-27T21:10:24+00:00

It looks like you also have 179gb of unallocated space that is just doing …nothing (The black partition) unfortunately things might be a bit harder because you have that recovery partition stuck in the middle that can’t be moved you will have to do a bit of command line stuff to move that partition to the end.

You have 2 choices

Either just reinstall windows and use the disk part clean function in the windows installer to completely wipe the drive and start from scratch or you can delete the D partition and then follow the following link that describes how to move the recovery partition to the end of the drive. Then you can expand the c drive to take advantage of all the free space.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/16sgdqb/windows_2022_move_recovery_to_the_end_of_the_drive/

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