I have a 10 year old system running Windows 10 (not sure of version). It boots from an SSD I upgraded 1-2 years ago and has a secondary drive with applications installed on both. Last night while playing, the screen went black and got a hum/whine from the earphones.
On restarting, the BIOS started and power went to the keyboard and the optical drives, fan. The screen either stays black or goes to a Win 10 repair options.
My local repair guy over the phone suspects a hard drive issue and offered to replace the drive, salvage data from it and install windows.
I have a backup image with Acronis.
Suggestions for trouble shooting/getting it running? In a perfect world I’d prefer not to have to install all the apps, modded games etc. Given its age, I am also tempted to replace the system
Thanks in advance
On restarting, the BIOS started and power went to the keyboard and the optical drives, fan. The screen either stays black or goes to a Win 10 repair options.
My local repair guy over the phone suspects a hard drive issue and offered to replace the drive, salvage data from it and install windows.
I have a backup image with Acronis.
Suggestions for trouble shooting/getting it running? In a perfect world I’d prefer not to have to install all the apps, modded games etc. Given its age, I am also tempted to replace the system
Thanks in advance
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