Help me please!! I'm crying

Crynotic

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Jun 7, 2016
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So I saved up 500 bucks and went and bought a gaming pc from facebook market, and it was working fine for 2 days.. Then it started to have issues like critical process died, then after that I would turn it off and it would go into cleaning and repairing drive and I can't even skip it!!!! Help me, I been saving months for that
 

Jay_29

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Ask for your money back if you know the person, otherwise try reinstalling OS. If that fails, try a new hard drive. What are the specs of this computer?
 

USAFRet

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What OS is this?

For future reference when buying a used system, require that the seller give you the actual license key.
If he won't/can't, then prepare to purchase your own.
 

USAFRet

Titan
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You need an 8GB USB stick.
NOTE: Whatever is on that USB stick WILL be wiped out permanently, so have it be blank.
 

USAFRet

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Yes, it would probably be a dead HDD. Probably.
In which case, you put in a different one and try again.
 

Crynotic

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Jun 7, 2016
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so i just figured if you did a reset of the pc, wouldn't it reinstall windows for you? i have done that resetting thing now because i cant find a usb drive and im broke :( , and now pc working, but i am currently downloading a game and gonna test it if it does not do that critical process died thing, also i have reinstalled the graphic card drivers, hope it works
 

USAFRet

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A "reset" does not fix a physically bad hard drive.
Since it is apparently working, you may not have a bad drive. Or it may die tomorrow.

I'm guessing you've not verified the activation status of this OS?
And I don't know if I said this before...but for any used PC, you personally really need to do a full wipe and reinstall. A "reset" does not count.
 

Crynotic

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Jun 7, 2016
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it isnt a harddrive issue, i have been playing fallout 4, rust, overwatch, etc with no crashes at all. The game blade and soul was causing the bsod issue(i don't know why), but doesn't matter anymore because i can just play other games. Thanks for all the help USAFRet, i will use this knowledge you have gave me for a future problem, if it ever occurs.