unlocking laptop

newcastle532

no luck at the moment its decided that it want to lock up again the only thing that was in pre lock up was the music thats been taken out but still locking up thought we had it for a minute

T4i

doh!

Is there a system restore point you could go back to? What operating system does it run?

Can you do a scan disk in safe mode?

When it freezes in normal mode how far does it get before freezing? Can you see the desktop? Or does it freeze with the Windows logo?

newcastle532

its on windows xp i can get as far as windows showing up then it decideds to do no more

newcastle532

yes mate there is a restore point but can only do it in safe mode

sco0ter

Try pressing f8 during boot to get the mode select screen again, the one that shows safe mode and select use last known good configuration (or something like that).

Hillfly

Why not do a system restore in Safe Mode?

sco0ter

Try the system restore first if you want. I think its basically the same but I have never tried a rollback from safe mode. In fact Ive never done a system restore I always use the last good Config

newcastle532

this is what i need to know can i do it in safe mode

T4i

Yes, try restore to a earlier time using safe mode. Then reboot into normal mode.

If its freezing before it even gets past the XP screen it is more likely a driver crashing your system.

Also, just for a laugh try this

In safe mode type msconfig into the run prompt. CLick the startup tab and de-select everything. Try reboot into safe mode (these startup items can always be re-enabled afterwards)

msconfig is very good for troublesome boots.

sco0ter

I dont know but read this

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q307/8/52.asp&NoWebContent=1