Windows Shutdown Sound - Plays Randomly... true story...

[Jayce]

weeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Apokalipse]

It was a black screen with rather big white letters, much like what DOS looks like.

that would be the recovery console.

to do a repair-install of XP, you need to press enter at the first screen, then press F8 at the next, and after it says "searching for previous versions of Microsoft Windows"
press R

but you need to have an XP Home disk for home edition, or an XP Pro disk for Proffessional edition

 

[Dave]

My old laptop used to play that music when the power saver kicked it down. If I lifted the top again, the screen would come back up in a sec or two. Then I'd leave it idle, about 10 minutes later and the power saver did it again.

I don't know if that's what is happening, but you might want to check your power settings.

Dave

 

[Jayce]

that would be the recovery console.

to do a repair-install of XP, you need to press enter at the first screen, then press F8 at the next, and after it says "searching for previous versions of Microsoft Windows"
press R

but you need to have an XP Home disk for home edition, or an XP Pro disk for Proffessional edition

I went through all of that, and eventually it came to the screen where it said 60-90 minutes remaining of installation.

That freaked me out because my gf CANNOT lose any files on her laptop and I thought I was overwriting windows, so I quickly exited out...

 

[Jayce]

I went through all of that, and eventually it came to the screen where it said 60-90 minutes remaining of installation.

That freaked me out because my gf CANNOT lose any files on her laptop and I thought I was overwriting windows, so I quickly exited out...

Hey, Jayce! Did you get your problem fixed?

Nope! Certainly didn't.

 

[Jayce]

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

poor guy....

 

[gimli of gloin]

lmao triple post

 

[Jayce]

Hey, I'm just gonna keep bumping it until someone comes across it that knows the answer.