We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Vista failing to boot
Bettingmad
Posts: 715 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
My DD has a Lenovo N200 laptop running on Vista,for the last 3 weeks the laptop will power on with charger however the battery will not charge. Now when trying to boot up it will go as far as the flashing bar but will not fully boot. It goes through the cycle of trying to repair errors but nothing changes and is still does not boot up. I can only get on by entering safe mode. Can anyone give me any ideas as to what is going wrong and how I can fix this issue ?
I have tried resetting the bios but this does not help either.
I have tried resetting the bios but this does not help either.
0
Comments
-
Log in using safe mode.
start > all programs > accessories > system restore
pick a date before it stopped working.
Post back if that works0 -
...or, safe mode and do a chkdsk on your hdd, choosing the repair errors option
then full scans of av, malwarebytes, and post the logs here..........Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
0 -
cheeseslice wrote: »Log in using safe mode.
start > all programs > accessories > system restore
pick a date before it stopped working.
Post back if that works
There is no date going back far enough, the last date I have is the end of August and I know the power charging was not working at this point.0 -
...or, safe mode and do a chkdsk on your hdd, choosing the repair errors option
then full scans of av, malwarebytes, and post the logs here....
Tried the chkdsk option yesterday in safe mode but it told me that it couldn't do it whilst in use and option was to schedule it to run on system restarting. When restarting the system it went to the opening Microsoft power bar but did not proceed any further. I then had to shut down the laptop and tried logging in safe mode however there was nothing to indicate that the chkdsk check was running. Would it have been running in the background without giving any indication it was doing so ?0 -
not normally, it usually does it's thing before full boot. Maybe that's why it hung on booting up, it may have been chkdsk starting up to do it's thing...try looking at task manager if you think it may be running......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 353.6K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.1K Spending & Discounts
- 246.7K Work, Benefits & Business
- 603K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.1K Life & Family
- 260.7K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards