My Laptop won't start i.e boot up

[philarch]

Hi Fello Forum peep's

here is my situation this morning I switched as normal as you do after yesterday i was only useing to watching something on youtube..

and I got this:

                                                        WINDOWS   ERROR   RECOVERY

windows failed to start.a recent hardwareor software change might be the cause.

If the windows files have been damaged oror configured incorrectly , startup repair

can help diagnose and fix the problem. if power was interrupted during startup,

choose start windows normally.(use the arrow keys to highlight your choice.)

launch startup repair recommended (highlighted white on screen)

start windows normally

seconds until the highlighted choice will be selected automatically: (coundown to 0)

description: fix problems that are preventing windows from starting

after filling in the basic english united kingdom or country tables after this

it came to a :

system recovery options:-

saying choose a recovery tool

list being with icons

startup repair : automatically fix problems that are preventing windows from starting (did this one twice hasn't work)

system restore : restore:windows to an earlier point in time

windows complete pc restore : restor your entire computer from a backup

windows memory diagnostic tool: check your for memory hardwar errors

command prompt : open a command prompt window

recovery manager : recovery manager

Any Idea's anyone on how to solve this laptop?

[philarch · Accepted solution]

Right  I'm amazed myself that i even did it myself, the option i choose was

WINDOWS COMPLETE PC RESTORE

(i hope i'm getting these details right as i only fixed it last night)

throughout these updates it always reminds you to have the power cable plugged in and not to switch off the laptop.

firstly it then checked for a backup which there wasn't one , so then then it then rebooted and began to

begin to install updates of which was around 64 to nearly 70 of them if i remember which i thought was mad it

took ages.

following that it then rebooted and installed 3 reconfiguration updates of to re configure the harddrive, of which it failed (this might just happen on my laptop)..then it rebooted and installed 3 updates 3 of 3 to 100% with each.

and after restarting my personal profile came up on windows vista home premium , i entered my password and it opened ! . . . i was amazed !.

but to test the problem i did a restart with power cable attached to laptop it was fine. then a shut down and switch on without power cable, still fine.

I'm now writing this online with my laptop :-) . . i hope it stays like this .

[bayougirl2]

Philarch, thanks so much!  just fixed my laptop per what you did, and  it worked!  xoxo

[laure55]

I am having this exact sam problem.  my boot cd and flash will not run. 

How exactly do you correct this, as I am not computer savvy

[ladydebube]

this hasn't worked for me.i selected that option and then it took me to log in and back to the beginning.

Please i need help to get my laptop working

[ForumUser71]

My Sister Has A HP But when she logs on it gives her

Window Live Recovery .
But when she pressed start windows normaly it won't boot to the login bit

Help ?

[ForumUser71]

Finally Someone said it !!

Btw u have my username :/

But that's what happened to me and I am going crazy

[Dadersm]

Acer aspire 6930

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