Thread: Help please, computer won't start

Originally Posted by Chops

....I'm a bit of a nuff nuff when it comes to computer problems

All help and advice will be appreciated thanks.

You can tell. You've posted this in 'Coil Sprung Military land Rovers'

Originally Posted by sheerluck

You can tell. You've posted this in 'Coil Sprung Military land Rovers'

Freudian slip. He wants one.

I put it in the "nuff nuff" section for you Chops.

Now listen here you two,,, stop messing with my mind,, it's stuffed up enough as it is thanks very much.

Although Mick does have a note worthy point

Just guessing here, it sounds like explorer isn't starting.
When you get into the task manager, are you able to see if explorer is running?
It's been ages since I've fiddled with Windows.

Try this:

Press [F8] while windows is booting. If you get the timing right you will see a black and white screen for advanced boot options.

Select Safe Mode. That will load Windows with a bare minimum of drivers and startup programs, just those that are needed for a clean start.

Once Windows has booted, shut down the system properly.

Reboot as normal.

You could also try safe mode with networking and connect to the Internet and make sure you've got all the necessary Windows updates, or try Last known good configuration.

HTH

Firstly, you should try to get in via 'safe mode'. Not sure wgat windows version you have, but have a look at this:

Start your computer in safe mode - Windows Help

If it gets you in, then troubleshooting is going to difficult if you don't know your way around the system. You could try 'windows restore'. Google that for your particular operating system. Restore to a date that you knew it was working fine.

If you can't get in at all, do you have the windows build / recovery disks?
If you do, put your disk in and do a 'repair'. (you might need to change your boot sequence in BIOS to do this as the computer needs to boot from the CD before starting - google) Once again, search the net for how to do this for your model computer / version of windows.

Thanks guys. I don't think it's even starting to boot up though.
But I will try the F8 thing when I get home and see what happens,, otherwise, I guess it's off to the shop

Chops, is it the Windows login screen asking for your password?

If so, above advice is all good.

Or is it a BIOS boot password screen?

Excuse the jargon ( I'm sharing this thought with your other advisors too).

To help identify this: do you normally have to put in a password more than once when you boot the laptop?

If it's crashing *before* the Windows start screen, there may be other issues.

Dave.