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Getting a laptop with no free memory to boot
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Certainly ~looks~ as though you have one or more system files damaged, though you're lucky that it's not ended with a BSOD (ours did). As you've got plenty of HD space, may be worth using the Repair option (not Repair Console) if it will still boot from an XP CD.0
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I wasn't very optimistic, but I took the laptop home for O/H to take a look at it.
Surprisingly, it booted properly, independantly, first time. The chkdsk must have fixed something major. We logged on and confirmed that the HD is only half full.
O/H scheduled another check, and rebooted - I have to say it took 4-5 hours!
Have told my friend it's on borrowed time....
Thanks a lot for the help everyone.My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0
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