Should i take my PC to a repair shop? (Help please)

[F4C430]

1. It can turn on but after a black screen it says logging in and sits there without changing no matter how many hours I let it sit and think.
2. No
3. It went out while I was asleep, so I don't know if it just shut off or worse, so I can't say for sure if it's damaged or not, but it's at least booting up, so I assumed it's not destroyed. But is removing an SSD from a laptop really that easy? Even for someone who has never done that kind of thing?

It gets to the Windows login? If so maybe you should try the

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. The idea of removing the hard drive/SSD was because i assumed you had a hardware problem. This just sounds like a Windows problem. Just search the internet, you should be able to figure it out without a shop looking at your porn collection.

 

[Impious Monk]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. If I die tomorrow someone is going to find all this shit anyway.

 

[Gluegun420]

I got a laptop from a friend who said it would work fine for 5-30 minutes then it would shut down. He'd restart it and it would work fine for a few more minutes then shut down again. I'm saying shut down like someone unplugged a desktop. It wouldn't even shut down using windows. It would just turn off. That's what happens with most older laptops when it overheats. It'll load and run fine until it's too hot then it'll just turn itself off.
It was a dell latitude so I flipped it upside down, took about 5-6 screws off the bottom and looked. The fan outlet was completely clogged with dust and dirt. I put a static strap on, put my finger on the middle of the cpu fan to make sure it won't move or spin then used a duster can and sprayed towards the outlets to clear all dust from the ports. Once it was clean of dust, I put the cover back on and ran it until the battery was out and it never overheated again.
That's why I don't think it's overheating but it could have had a blocked port, overheated and shut itself down while being updated. That could explain the OP's issue. I've been told some newer laptops will give you a warning symbol somewhere then begin an unprompted shut down. But most of the ones I've had to work on would just turn off. But having a boot loop or a loop while loading windows is almost always a problem with windows. There's been one time it was a corrupted sector on a hard drive but that was about 15 years ago. But all the other times it was stuck in a boot loop or login loop, it was a windows problem.

I guess that makes sense that it could not be an overheating issue. But I wouldn't say it's it's very likely a dust blocking issue. It was brand new when I got it and then I screwed it up 10 months in. I don't know if that's long enough for the dust to accumulate, but I'm also not having any problems keeping the pc on, just getting past the login loading screen.

 

[Gluegun420]

You are not overreacting at all. Computer repair shops are legally required to go over your hard drive with a fine-tooth comb and report everything they find to the NSA, FBI, and ATF.

Which doesn’t really matter since F95 already informs all those organizations of every game you download. Still, it would be polite of you to give them confirmation.

If that's really the worst of it, that's really not so bad for a repair. All the sketchiest stuff I have I downloaded here, so I guess I'm probs safe.

 

[Gluegun420]

In my experience, usually the fan inside is the first thing to go.
So if that is the case, you may can replace it yourself.
If it overheads it will shut down itself. It may still work fine though.
Check it first before spending money for some service.
It helps to check for checking the internet how to do it as each laptop is different.
I have an old Lenovo and its quite easy to replace keyboard and other parts. But i only know that after i read some how-to's.

I have an HP that is a very new model, if newer ones are easier to work on then maybe, but something tells me it might not be. Especially mine... I bought it over the HP website, and added a few customizations since I thought it'd last a while longer...

 

[Gluegun420]

why would the repair shop go through your files to see what you have there? that's not helping them fix your comp.
unless you have a folder INCEST PORN GAMES on the desktop i wouldn't worry

It's actually extremely common...

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Some girls have horror stories of themselves trying to get their pc repaired, just for their nudes to end up on some dudes hard drive.

 

[Gluegun420]

It gets to the Windows login? If so maybe you should try the

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. The idea of removing the hard drive/SSD was because i assumed you had a hardware problem. This just sounds like a Windows problem. Just search the internet, you should be able to figure it out without a shop looking at your porn collection.

It doesn't get to a "login" screen, as soon as it boots up, it says logging in and starts loading but it never fully loads or takes me anywhere else. I have tried the safe mode thing, and that was the only time I ever got anything, and only for a couple minutes. But it just gave me an error code and said something about my drivers before going back into another 3 hour loading sit.

 

[Gluegun420]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. If I die tomorrow someone is going to find all this shit anyway.

Not if you kill everyone else first!

 

[Sum Gi]

You are not overreacting at all. Computer repair shops are legally required to go over your hard drive with a fine-tooth comb and report everything they find to the NSA, FBI, and ATF.

Which doesn’t really matter since F95 already informs all those organizations of every game you download. Still, it would be polite of you to give them confirmation.

Unless you are stockpiling guns, drugs, or illegal porn none of those organizations give one shit about you anyway.

 

[whizwart]

Assuming you're in the US, worst case scenario, the tech judges you and your crap gets fixed. Adult games fall under the same protections porn does. Even if you have loli on there, the Supreme court found it protected speech. If someone has real pics of underaged kids s the tech usually call the FBI. Interestingly, there was a case of a Best Buy that was ACTIVELY looking at people's HDs while doing repairs, even if unrelated, to find illegal stuff to report. This got the FBI slapped because they were encouraging the shop, and thus were considered to be working on behalf of law enforcement and was essentially doing warrantless searches.

 

[Dahakma]

1. It can turn on but after a black screen it says logging in and sits there without changing no matter how many hours I let it sit and think.

If the computer is running but unable to boot, I would try to boot live Linux Distribution from a USB; I'm not sure if that is a solution for your problem but it saved me before.

 

[coffeeaddicted]

I have an HP that is a very new model, if newer ones are easier to work on then maybe, but something tells me it might not be. Especially mine... I bought it over the HP website, and added a few customizations since I thought it'd last a while longer...

Yeah, it's a long shot. Especially when everything is glued together nowadays.
Still, it maybe possible. But you only will now if you check.
Maybe iFixit has your laptop model.