My Dell desktop started rebooting itself yesterday throughout the day and going to my login screen where I could log into my desktop. Today, it reboots and goes to a "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen, stays for a couple seconds, goes to a light blue screen for less than a second and then starts over again. One time, I got a message on the blue screen saying "driver-irql-not-less-or-equal" but havent seen that again since. I tried shutting it down and starting it up again and the same thing happens. For a while, it was stuck on a black screen with a windows symbol and a rotating circle at the bottom. I also tried getting into safemode by continuously pressing shift and F8 (as I read on other help pages). That did not do anything. At one point, I thought maybe it was going to fix itself because it took 5 minutes to scan and repair something on drive c (showed a percentage of progress)? But once that was done, the whole rebooting process started again and I cant get into my computer. I also took the battery out and put it back in with no luck.
I have also periodically getting a battery error on a black screen. When I look at the event log in the setup area (after pressing F2 on the black screen), I see CMOS Battery Failure. Can this cause all of the issues I have been getting with the blue screen and the repair mode?
I do not have a Windows 8 disc and I also dont know anyone around here who has Windows 8 to get a recovery disc made. I dont know what to do! But everything I need is on this computer and I need access somehow.
I have also periodically getting a battery error on a black screen. When I look at the event log in the setup area (after pressing F2 on the black screen), I see CMOS Battery Failure. Can this cause all of the issues I have been getting with the blue screen and the repair mode?
I do not have a Windows 8 disc and I also dont know anyone around here who has Windows 8 to get a recovery disc made. I dont know what to do! But everything I need is on this computer and I need access somehow.