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Dances with Servers
Flightless Bird
Hello!
In a bit of a bind; hoping someone can help me!
I have a laptop here that was not logging in correctly - it would log in
and immediately log out. Drive showed minor failure, so I did a surface
scan and remapped the failing sector. Ran SFC which replaced one file -
still wasn't working.
So I tried a repair install. Normally, this fixes just about any darn
thing.
Not this time. On the initial boot afterwards (the black screen with
logo), it just hangs. Power down and reboot, it allows log in, then says
"windows must be activated before you can log in". Upon saying yes
(because no isn't really an option), the activation windows disappears
and.. nothing: I'm left staring at the green hills that are becoming
increasingly less calming.
If anybody has any ideas that will spare me the pain of having to do a
clean rebuild of this system, I'd be most appreciative!
In a bit of a bind; hoping someone can help me!
I have a laptop here that was not logging in correctly - it would log in
and immediately log out. Drive showed minor failure, so I did a surface
scan and remapped the failing sector. Ran SFC which replaced one file -
still wasn't working.
So I tried a repair install. Normally, this fixes just about any darn
thing.
Not this time. On the initial boot afterwards (the black screen with
logo), it just hangs. Power down and reboot, it allows log in, then says
"windows must be activated before you can log in". Upon saying yes
(because no isn't really an option), the activation windows disappears
and.. nothing: I'm left staring at the green hills that are becoming
increasingly less calming.
If anybody has any ideas that will spare me the pain of having to do a
clean rebuild of this system, I'd be most appreciative!