Pc not booting up

emerald21

Hello, my pc won't boot up all of a sudden as in I switch it on and get the make of the pc which is a Dell Inspiron then I get windows is loading! but it doesn t. After a few seconds it goes off. I've tried doing f8 to start it in safe mode but that doesn t work. When I press F12 writing come up but I'm not sure what to do with all that. Any help or suggestions please.

Laz123

What operating system and do you have the cds?

emerald21

Laz123 wrote: »

What operating system and do you have the cds?[/QUOTE

Hi it's window 7 and he can't find them ATM

grumpycrab

You may be able to attempt a repair from advanced boot options (F8 I think with Inspiron DOESN'T NEED SAFE MODE). Should bring you to the following screen
OR download the appropriate Windows7 ISO, boot from it and repair using it. http://best-windows.vlaurie.com/boot-disks.html#full

emerald21

grumpycrab wrote: »

You may be able to attempt a repair from advanced boot options (F8 I think with Inspiron DOESN'T NEED SAFE MODE). Should bring you to the following screen
OR download the appropriate Windows7 ISO, boot from it and repair using it. http://best-windows.vlaurie.com/boot-disks.html#full

Hi thanks for replying just got back in. When I tried clicking the f8 for a while hoping it would start in safe mode as it did once , that didn t happen this time.

This sounds a bit much for me all what you ve written after. How do I down load the appropriate windows7 ISO etc when I can t get anything up on the screen apart from when I press f12. thanks

emerald21

emerald21 wrote: »

Hi thanks for replying just got back in. When I tried clicking the f8 for a while hoping it would start in safe mode as it did once , that didn t happen this time.

This sounds a bit much for me all what you ve written after. How do I down load the appropriate windows7 ISO etc when I can t get anything up on the screen apart from when I press f12. thanks

We have found 3 recovery discs 1, 2 and 3. I ve put no 1 in but nothing's happening any suggestions what I need to do next please

grumpycrab

emerald21 wrote: »

We have found 3 recovery discs 1, 2 and 3.

These will restore your computer to factory settings and delete everything. (I cannot remember if these give you a repair option but I doubt it).

If you have access to another Windows7 computer you can make a repair disk there, otherwise download the correct installation ISO, create a disk, boot with it and follow instructions (at Here's How)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

** you could aslo try the diagnostic option of F12 to see if there's a disk issue **

** also, does F8 give a list of options? or nothing? is the monitor ok? **

emerald21

grumpycrab wrote: »

These will restore your computer to factory settings and delete everything. (I cannot remember if these give you a repair option but I doubt it).

If you have access to another Windows7 computer you can make a repair disk there, otherwise download the correct installation ISO, create a disk, boot with it and follow instructions (at Here's How)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

** you could aslo try the diagnostic option of F12 to see if there's a disk issue **

** also, does F8 give a list of options? or nothing? is the monitor ok? **

Hi there s a bit of progress somehow I managed to get the pc to do a thorough test in suprisingly thorough test mode it's on 99% ATM only taken a good hour lol. Need to see what I can do next but hopefully it will be ok

emerald21

emerald21 wrote: »

Hi there s a bit of progress somehow I managed to get the pc to do a thorough test in suprisingly thorough test mode it's on 99% ATM only taken a good hour lol. Need to see what I can do next but hopefully it will be ok

The monitors ok and f8 does nothing. It's finished this diagnostics test and everything passed. Then it gave me the option to close and reboot which I did but it still doesn t work :mad: and I don't know why cos everything passed.

grumpycrab

Ok, so we'll assume the disk isn't dead (can half check this by selecting F2 at startup and seeing that your disk is listed in the BIOS). So a repair/chkdsk is neeed. Must do this with a repair disk OR install disk, the latter with an ISO listed above.

emerald21

grumpycrab wrote: »

Ok, so we'll assume the disk isn't dead (can half check this by selecting F2 at startup and seeing that your disk is listed in the BIOS). So a repair/chkdsk is neeed. Must do this with a repair disk OR install disk, the latter with an ISO listed above.

Hi we ll probably have to find someone to take a look as this seems beyond me unfortunatly Thanks anyway.