[NFBCS] Help! I broke my laptop

[Tracy Carcione]

Tyler, I did that, from wherever it put me when I chose command prompt, Windows\system32: I think.  It says "cannot open volume for direct access".  What do I try now?

Kevin, thanks for your encouraging words.

I sure am glad Narrator is working on these screens.  I thought I'd have to do everything with AIRA.
Tracy


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From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Littlefield, Tyler via NFBCS
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 12:27 PM
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Cc: Littlefield, Tyler
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Help! I broke my laptop

You can't say it's not a corrupt registry without knowing what the error 
even is. The registry is useful pretty early in the windows boot cycle, 
so it very well may be.
try going to a command prompt and using chkdsk /r /f C:
that will take a while to run. go drink a few pots of coffee. then 
reboot and see if that helps.
If not, reply back with the error and we can try to help more.
HTH,
On 6/19/2020 12:18 PM, Kevin via NFBCS wrote:
> It doesn't sound like anything you did.  Sometimes the system has a 
> hiccup as I call it and tries to recover from a bad crash and can't.  
> If you can't reboot properly and are getting these options your hard 
> drive got messed up.  No, it isn't the registry.
>
>
> On 6/19/2020 11:51 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
>> Last night, my laptop started doing something mysterious, and Jaws 
>> shut off.
>> Instead of being smart and starting Narrator, I held down the power 
>> button
>> and did a hard shutoff.  Now it won't start.  The Dell logo comes up 
>> for a
>> while, then it asks for my keyboard layout, then it offers 
>> troubleshooting.
>> I have tried auto-repair, system restore, and image restore, but none of
>> them work.  There are also options to uninstall updates, use a command
>> prompt, and UEFI something.  I haven't tried them.
>>
>> I tried Googling different errors, but the results haven't been helpful.
>> One result muttered darkly about a corrupt registry.
>>
>> I can try to find a tech, but things here are still pretty closed 
>> down, so
>> it might not be easy.
>>
>> Any advice welcome.  Oh what a dope I am.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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