What to do if Windows won't start

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When our equipment has stopped working for no apparent reason, depending on the use we make of our equipment, the world is likely to fall on us, especially if the main use we make of it is to study or work. The reasons why our equipment may stop working are varied and not all of them have a quick fix.

But before reaching this critical point, which can leave us hours or days without being able to work, we should have made a backup of our team, either in the Microsoft cloud, in Google Drive or any other platform, to be able to continue working from another device, if our team must visit a technical service.

The reasons why our equipment may stop working They are varied, from problems with some hardware component of our equipment, to the last system update or a small application that we have installed that has ruined our equipment.

The PC restarts automatically or shuts down after a few minutes

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Both the processors and the most current boards, integrates a security system that is responsible for shutting down or restarting the computer automatically when detects that the temperature of our equipment is rising quickly and fails to dissipate the heat that is being generated.

The reason for this problem is the thermal paste that is placed in the processor, thermal paste that is responsible for dissipating, in combination with the fans, the heat generated by our computer's processor. In these cases, if we are not handymen, it is to go to a technical service, so that they can disassemble the processor and replace the thermal paste that has degraded.

The computer hangs repeatedly just after starting

A problem, related to the previous one, we found in that the equipment starts without problems, but at the first change, the equipment freezes and stops working. The problem that usually causes these crashes, we find it in the RAM memory. Yes the RAM memory module is not working properly, everything that depends on it stops doing it.

The solution to this problem is replace physical memory on your computer. Do not confuse physical memory with storage space (hard disk). RAM does not store data, but rather ensures that the computer loads the applications necessary to use them. The hard drive stores the applications and data of our equipment.

Remove optical discs, USB drives, and memory cards

1TB Pendrive

In recent years, we have seen how most computers, especially laptops, have abandoned DVD / Blu-ray players, so the only method to reinstall the operating system is to make use of a USB port or a card reader.

If our computer has stopped starting, for no apparent reason, the first thing we should do is disconnect any USB drive, memory card or optical disc (if the device has one) so that the BIOS, when not detecting any other drive, proceed to start reading the hard disk.

Although the system automatically detects if an operating system is found in one of these drives to proceed to start the computer, and if not, it goes to the next option that is set, it is likely that the drive used has some boot files that prevent the computer from taking the next step.

Modify boot drives

If we do not have an external drive or optical disc connected to the computer, we must access the BIOS to check what is the starting order of our team. Most computers come from the factory establishing the hard drive as the first way to start the computer. If we want to install a new version of the OS we must modify the boot units so that the first one is the port or unit where it is installed.

If we have a USB port configured, to which we do not have any drive connected, the automatic process carried out by the BIOS is to jump to the next available one: the hard disk. But if the USB has a malfunction, the team is likely not to recognize it and is thinking forever.

Fuente de alimentación

We will detect this problem quickly, since if when pressing the button to turn on our equipment, this has no effect on the computer, what fails is the power supply (assuming that the cable that goes to the current and the plug are properly connected). If we are handyman and it is a desktop computer, we can buy a new power supply, with the same power, and easily replace it.

If it is a laptop and the equipment does not start with the battery, we must connect it to the current to check if the battery of the same has completely depleted or has stopped working completely. If it turns on without problems when we connect the charger, we already know that the battery has passed to better life. Amazon is a great option for looking for laptop batteries.

The team whistles several times

If our equipment within seconds of pressing the start button, the reason is because the board to which all the components that are part of the equipment are connected, has stopped working. If it is a desktop computer, we can buy one with similar characteristics and replace it without problems.

But if it is a laptop, the expression "the collar costs more than the dog" applies perfectly to this problem, so we can already forget about the laptop forever. The fact that the board has stopped working does not mean that our data has been lost, since they are completely different elements, and we can open the computer to physically remove the hard drive and connect it to another computer to access its data.

software problems

Although it is usually in the minority of cases, it is likely that some application that we have installed, andI am causing some conflict in the team, mainly in the registry, and there is no way to start it properly. The only solution, without having to format and lose all the stored information (as long as we don't have a backup copy) is to start in Safe Mode.

Safe Mode starts the computer with the strictly necessary applications for it to start correctly. In this way, if we know which application may be affecting our computer, we can eliminate it so that it can work again.

If not, from this menu, we can restore the system, restore a system image or repair start, this being the first option that we should consider in order to solve the reason why our team has stopped starting as it did.

To consider

All the problems described in this article are not related to Windows 10, since in most of them, if not all, they affect hardware elements of the device or the operating system of the motherboard (BIOS), therefore are valid for any computer managed by Windowsregardless of the version of Windows you're running.


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