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Windows won't start up - help?
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chilli_dog wrote: »okay, unless anyone can think of anything else it might be a reinstall of windows?
Ok, this is where I show my ignorance. How?
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what disks came with your laptop, was one a windows disk?0
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tried a repair installation (providing you have a XP/vista disk)?0
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Thanks for your replies. I've tried starting in safe mode but it still goes to the same message.
I tried 'repair your computer' and 'last known good configuration' and 'Debugging mode' but still get the same message.
I think this might be fatal
Jen
If you cant get on via safe mode it certainly looks fatal to me.
Might be faulty harddisc, might just be corrupted
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I think I've sorted it, thanks everyone for your speedy replies, much appreciated.
There were no discs but DS came home and found the User guide! It had instructions in there on how to do a system restore which I've done and which seems to have sorted it (fingers crossed).
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User guide whats that then??
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im guessing that it has a hidden partition, pc angel, hit f10 to restore?0
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chilli_dog wrote: »im guessing that it has a hidden partition, pc angel, hit f10 to restore?
Eh???
I had to make sure D2D was enabled in the BIOS utility. And (yes) press Alt + F10 when the ACER logo appeared at start.
After that it was easy, just followed the instructions.
ShadowDragon - the user guide is the little booklet wrapped in celophane
Thanks again guys
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glad its working0
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chilli_dog wrote: »im guessing that it has a hidden partition, pc angel, hit f10 to restore?
On my laptop its f11 and desktop its f10. So I assume all makes are different.
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