Laptop restarting in loop

Cabrunko

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Hello, everybody! Good day!

Well, my laptop (Samsung NP300E4C-AD2BR model) came with windows 8, from the store. Over time it began to get very slow and, as I wanted to be back to windows 7 since I bought it, this was the trigger.

I Knew I had to go into recovery mode in order to access the SETUP and then disable secure boot and switch to CSM OS. That's what I did. Besides having changed the boot device priority to the USB (USB stick for installation). All done!

Restarted the laptop, I can boot from USB stick, however, while installing there is a message saying that the installation is not possible because the disc is in GPT format. I knew only that one case could install cleaning the disc. Okay, I started the diskpart program and did it. Beauty.

When restarted the laptop to try again, I tried to enter SETUP to review if all settings was right, however, was not possible. It booted on the USB stick, but, however, was not possible access neither SETUP nor in recovery mode (as said in the options on the screen itself). I removed the stick and tried again, unsuccessfully. But this time, the laptop was restarting in loop without stopping - unless the power was interrupted, but if I tried again, the problem persisted.

Well, "I will take a clear CMOS", I thought. I opened the laptop, I removed the battery and, after a while, I put it in its place again. I turned on and realized that the information "press F2 to F4 BIOS or for the recovery" was gone (as before have changed the secure boot). Even so, the laptop still had the problem. I saw that in his board had a written contacts RESET, BIOS CRISIS and debug. I closed the contacts of the first two, but nothing happened.

I tried using the Ubuntu live CD, I tried DVD drive instalation, but nothing worked! It even takes longer to restart when it is with a DVD inside the drive, but then restarts again and enters the loop.

Youtube has a video of a guy with the same problem. If it helps, the video is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n69f5EloEKA

Well, folks, that's all I can do and I've tried. Nothing worked. Something happened that I do not know how to solve. I hope, humbly, you can help me.

I need your help. I am VERY grateful for the attention!

hugs,

Thiago, C.
 

sm625

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Why go through all that trouble to get windows 7 when for a lot less effort you can just make win 8 look like win7 and no one will know the difference? Can you exchange it for a new one?
 

Cabrunko

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Thanks for the answer!
The truth is this laptop has a poor configuration to stand Windows 8 or greater.

Well, anyway, I'm glad about your answer. Thank you!
 

ArisVer

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Thanks for the answer!
The truth is this laptop has a poor configuration to stand Windows 8 or greater.

Well, anyway, I'm glad about your answer. Thank you!

Hardware requirements of Windows 7 and 8 are about the same.
 

Cabrunko

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Hardware requirements of Windows 7 and 8 are about the same.

Look, I know. And it starts well. But, over the time, it starts to get very slow. And 2 gigs of RAM is not enough to run it well. It has 2 gigs. That is the recommended but we all know that recommended, unfortunately, is not good to run the sistem (and its all necessary background programs) and do personal things.

In addition, is a x64 platform, what is even worse.

I'm really glad about your responses but we are coming out of the main problem. Thank you.
 

ArisVer

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You will find out that 2GB of RAM will slow down your Windows 7 too. It doesn't take long to fill those 2GB. Most likely you experience slowness due to your RAM limit because the pagefile is used frequently. Instead of going through the hassle of installing 7, I would advice on installing more RAM, a minimum of 4GB. Keep in mind that 2GB is the recommended minimum.

Edit. Although I am not exact about the numbers, a 64bit version uses 250-500MB more than the 32bit on initial start. In actual terms those 500MB can be only a tab in your browser. Stay with the 64bit and increase RAM. Also Win8 uses slightly less RAM than Win7. A 32bit version can ONLY see 3.5-4GB of RAM, so in case you want to upgrade to more than that you are doomed to reinstalling a 64bit version (that is with both 7 and 8).
 
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