[Kit]

Please HELP, I'm in a panic sitution. Yesterday afternoon my computer suddendly started switching on and of and doing this on a regular basis. I swithced the PC off a few times but when it started on each occassion it was still doing the on off antics. I found my recovery disk and put it in my PC I was then confronted with 3 options: 1) press R' for recovery 2) press F to format drive with new windows and 3) press Q' to quit.
I pressed R' yesterday afternoon; the screen gave me the impression that it was going into recovery and has left me with a greyish screen. The PC has been left on since yesterday afternoon and is, as I type, still showing a greyish screen. My question is: is recovery norrrmally a long exercise? If yes; how long will it take? Or am I wasted my time looking at this greyish screen?
Any constructive help at this urgent time would be very much appreciated.
Yous with thanks
Kit

[Bubba]

2 DAYS?????!!!!!!!!!

Unplug it and try it again. If you still have a grey screen with no movement after an hour either try it again, or do something else.

(2 DAYS?)

[philthomas]

If you remove the Recovery Disk, does the PC still boot normally, apart from the powering down issue ?