Windows 10 just ruined my laptop.

[Ddjj]

Hi I have an asus n53j Q(I think) laptop, which was working perfectly fine until... My computer tried to automatically update to windows 10. The update froze in the second phase and I got a machine check error which also froze. After restoring 8.1 my computer now has this "click click" noise on startup and freezes 80% of the time before loading. And if it does load it will freeze before I can do anything. Oddly enough it works about 1/10 times and doesn't freeze for as long as I use it. However as soon as it goes into sleep or shuts down etc it repeats the same process and I have to gamble with it until it wants to work again. I have ran a disk check and got zero errors, I have tried little registry cleaner, and I know longer have the windows disc for a clean reinstall and nor and I buying one when their dmn update is what screwed it in the first place. I'm under the impression that I will need a hard drive replacement and that absolutely ticks me off. Can I get you guys opinion on the matter? Thanks a bunch.

 

[BeeHiveTheFirst]

Reinstall Windows. Try that then I don't know not too good with laptops sorry

 

[jaguarskx]

By "restoring Windows 8.1" do you mean you used the rollback feature of Windows 10 to rollback the OS to Windows 8.1? Or did you reinstall Windows 8.1?

 

[BeeHiveTheFirst]

By "restoring Windows 8.1" do you mean you used the rollback feature of Windows 10 to rollback the OS to Windows 8.1? Or did you reinstall Windows 8.1?

Roll it back to when Windows worked if you can replace the hdd Or format the hdd then reinstall a clean copy of Windows it may workw

 

[Ddjj]

When windows 10 fails to upgrade it autmatically restores it to your previous version which in my case is 8.1. I tried to do a system restore to the only point I had and it didn't work, so I did a system reset and that also didn't work.

 

[BeeHiveTheFirst]

When windows 10 fails to upgrade it autmatically restores it to your previous version which in my case is 8.1. I tried to do a system restore to the only point I had and it didn't work, so I did a system reset and that also didn't work.

by that you mean you reinstall Windows?

 

[enkidoe]

Click noise? Isnt it the harddisk who is causing the problems? Try replacing it , with a ssd if possible and do a new fresh install

 

[BeeHiveTheFirst]

Click noise? Isnt it the harddisk who is causing the problems?

Yeah most likely Try replacing the harddisk