Thanks David. That's my plan - pull all the data off the SSD so at least that is safe.
Unfortunately I am the OEM of my machine so apart from frowning at myself in the mirror I don't have much else recourse that way. Hopefully once the data is safe I can reformat and all will be good for a reinstall, but as it stands, the reinstall process just hangs. I guess I was really just hoping that someone would say something like "oh yeah, I had that problem too. Just pat your head and rub your stomach, reboot and all will be back to normal". I really prefer trivial fixes :) On 24 February 2011 11:24, David Connors <da...@codify.com> wrote: > On 24 February 2011 10:09, David Burstin <david.burs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> QUESTION: >> Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this machine to reboot? I don't >> mind reinstalling Windows as long as I can get to the files on the machine. >> I have backups but that will be a painful road as I still need a machine to >> be in a working state so that I can restore the backup. >> > > I'd put your SSD in another machine (as a secondary, not boot disk) to get > the data off as a priority - then just call Dell or whoever to make them fix > it. > > -- > *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > >
