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Laptop Help Please
« on: 19 May 2009, 22:12:15 »
My laptop will not start up, has run its diagnostic check and nothing >:( >:( >:( just keeps on trying. Vista.
Any ideas please, not a tech on computers.
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2009, 22:13:45 »
at what point is it failing?
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #2 on: 19 May 2009, 22:16:21 »
It will not start from scratch. have just caught it going through and pressed F2 but have no idea what to do, if anything in this.
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It will not start from scratch. have just caught it going through and pressed F2 but have no idea what to do, if anything in this.
No, what point does it stop or not get past.
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2009, 22:19:42 »
Difficult to say, it seems to go through all the bits, even gets to welcome but then just starts going through the start up again
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2009, 22:19:48 »
may be a virus mate  :-/
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« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2009, 22:21:47 »
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Difficult to say, it seems to go through all the bits, even gets to welcome but then just starts going through the start up again
Is it getting to the bit where the green bar starts to go across (assuming vista)
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« Reply #7 on: 19 May 2009, 22:22:44 »
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Difficult to say, it seems to go through all the bits, even gets to welcome but then just starts going through the start up again
Is it getting to the bit where the green bar starts to go across (assuming vista)

yes
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Difficult to say, it seems to go through all the bits, even gets to welcome but then just starts going through the start up again
Is it getting to the bit where the green bar starts to go across (assuming vista)

yes
Getting as far as the bluey/greeny screen with the Windoes is starting up msg?
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Difficult to say, it seems to go through all the bits, even gets to welcome but then just starts going through the start up again
Is it getting to the bit where the green bar starts to go across (assuming vista)

yes
Getting as far as the bluey/greeny screen with the Windoes is starting up msg?

yes, but then goes off and starts again
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #10 on: 19 May 2009, 22:26:12 »
Does it start in Safe Mode?
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #11 on: 19 May 2009, 22:27:11 »
Sorry, what is safe mode
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« Reply #12 on: 19 May 2009, 22:30:17 »
press F8 just past the BIOS/POST screen, select Safe Mode
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Re: Laptop Help Please
« Reply #13 on: 19 May 2009, 22:36:06 »
No, same problem :'(
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« Reply #14 on: 19 May 2009, 22:39:11 »
Ouch, you're in the realms of recovery console then, not so easy to properly repair remotely. Got any local friends reasonable with 'puters? Failing that, it will be a rebuild :(
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