Laptop help

Renee
Renee Posts: 404 Forumite
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My husband has done something to his laptop.
The welcome screen loads but it then goes black and he gets a message

C:\WIN

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  • CardinalWolsey
    CardinalWolsey Posts: 713 Forumite
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    Did the laptop error prevent the OP from completing their initial post?
  • dan958
    dan958 Posts: 770 Forumite
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    Windows may be corrupt. Try running a Windows repair
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    On another machine, download and create a Linux Live DVD. (Can be a DVD or a USB pendrive version)

    On the subject laptop, boot from the Live DVD and once in, plug in a USB HDD and backup any data you need to retrieve. (Google will help you with how to do these things in whichever Linux version you use).

    Once the backup is done then you can look at creating a Windows installer on USB and simply reformat and reinstall Windows. If you've already got a data backup then you could proceed straight to this step.

    I'm sure someone will be along shortly to offer alternative recovery options. :)
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    Would be helpful if we knew something about the device.
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