Removed the battery, which is actually the original battery, and looks in decent shape, started it on power, and it just did the same bullshit again. Lenovo screen, system reset.
So it isn't the battery.
Entered bios but I cant figure out which setting to fuck with. Thanks for your help tho. Let me know if you have any other ideas
Did you have automatic updates enabled?
Try what Bankster suggested (boot from a Live version of your OS from USB).
You can also press/hold SHIFT key down before powering it on (to boot into recovery mode).
OMG, I have no idea what happened, but simply holding shift seems to have solved the problem. It didn't prompt me to go into recovery mode, everything seems normal, all my shit is still there.
Thanks , , and !!!
simply holding shift seems to have solved the problem.
Nothing has been fixed. It just booted in safe (recovery) mode.
If you reboot without holding the left shift key, it will fail again.
You have to select the previous kernel to make sure it isn't the culprit, as mentioned in my other comment.
Booting from the USB is fine.
I'll try recovery mode.
If not, does this mean I have to reinstall Linux and I lose everything on the computer?
If not, does this mean I have to reinstall Linux and I lose everything on the computer?
You can "roll back" to an earlier kernel. If a kernel update, caused some problem, or is suspected of causing an issue you; Reboot, holding left shift key while doing so to invoke the grub menu, then choose "advanced options", There you choose the previous working kernel, and continue boot.
A hard drive dock is cheap. Buy one.
You can access files from any other computer.
Hard drives fail. It's a fact of life.
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