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[Solved] PC will not start Windows 7 and asking for PW

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by John Stenger, Jul 26, 2018.

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  1. Tony D

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    John, we really can't help you any more with your issue due to our policy (https://computerhelpforums.com/threads/the-rules.2508/) which states
     
    Tony D, Jul 30, 2018
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  3. John Stenger

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    Yes I can Understand that! ...Thank you to everyone for Helping me with this issue! ...I just can't seem to fix it myself! so I'm going to bring it to that shop where I bought it! My real concern is the PC went down suddenly while doing some special work on different Web Sites, where I foolishly placed my whole passwords folder into My Documents for temporary convenience. I used a Hard Drive Dock and scanned the Windows 7 PC's Hard Drive, from my Linux Mint machine, and successfully deleted the password folder from the document files, I am however still concerned that the folder might still exist in a recycling Bin somewhere within that broken PC's Hard Drive! ...Thank You all Again for your Help!
     
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  4. Tony D

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    That folder may indeed still be on your hard drive. That said, they don't know about the folder. They'd have to go out of their way to recover something they don't know about.
     
    Tony D, Jul 31, 2018
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  5. John Stenger

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    Thanks Tony! I'm relived to hear it would not be obvious to them! ..Last night I did probably the smartest thing yet! ...I went into my copy of that folder, and Changed every Password account in there!
     
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  6. Tony D

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    That should take care of it. Good move.
     
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  7. John Stenger

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    UPDATE on this situation Got the Dell 780 back from the shop today, and the trouble was some sort of Windows Failure! ..possibly some update may have caused it they said! ..Otherwise everything seems fine, only thing I noticed, was some of the files in MY Documents seem to be missing? but I made copies of them before, so no problem! ...Thanks again Folks! you are all wonderful, helping me out of my PC troubles!
     
    John Stenger, Aug 2, 2018
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  8. plodr

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    You really need to keep more than 1 copy of documents. When you are finished with a document, get into the habit of saving it on a USB stick.

    I taught my husband from day 1 in using a computer to not store his files on the computer. He keeps at least 2 copies on different hardware. (He taught higher mathematics at a college and a university at night. Win 9x crashed, a lot. He could then grab his sticks and jump on another computer and get his work done while I "fixed" his main desktop computer. He also had a computer in his office at the college. He could work there if no students came for help during his office hours.)
     
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  9. John Stenger

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    I am now doing it plodr! and Thanks Again!
     
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