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So my misses' laptop has decided to cause a kerfuffle this evening and it won't boot. When it boots up it asks it comes up with the "Windows Error Recovery" page (AKA: Startup Repair) asks to either start up normally or "Launch Startup Repair". Picking the repair option puts the laptop into a loop where it says "Windows is loading files...". The progress bar gets to the end, hangs for a bit and then goes to the normal boot up page where it hangs for an infinity.

If we wind back a bit to those options again and I choose boot to normally then it goes to the normal boot up page with that progress bar where it hangs. And by "hangs" I mean the progress bar loops around and around and around and...get it? Anyway, I've tried a couple of things like taking the booting on only battery, taking the battery out for a minute and replacing it, booting on just power socket, booting with battery and power socket to no avail.

One odd thing to note is that when it hangs I've been giving it a cold reset by holding down the power button and when it turns off the monitor on the laptop flashes for a split second which is something it doesn't normally do. My thoughts are it could be static causing a hardware problem?

Laptop specs:
Acer Aspire 5735
Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
4GB DDR2 RAM
160GB HDD

Anyone got any thoughts as to how I can solve this? :thinking:
 
I had a simalar problem to the hanging on boot up on my old PC being caused by a Microsoft update that disagreed with a driver. I think its f8 on boot up to bring up a boot menu that will let you boot using "Last known Good Configuration".

Could give that a go as it will boot normally but just with out any changes since last complete boot.

Paul
 
PPalmer said:
I had a simalar problem to the hanging on boot up on my old PC being caused by a Microsoft update that disagreed with a driver. I think its f8 on boot up to bring up a boot menu that will let you boot using "Last known Good Configuration".

Could give that a go as it will boot normally but just with out any changes since last complete boot.

Paul
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Hi Paul, the button to bring up the BIOS varies depending on manufacturer but it's F2 on this Acer. In either case the version of this BIOS doesn't have a "Last Known Good Configuration" option.


Cheers,
Steff
 
Its not the bios that you need, Its just before the screen comes up with the green bar the cycles across the screen, this brings up a Windows boot menu.

Its the same one that is used for Safe mode.

Paul
 
PPalmer said:
Its not the bios that you need, Its just before the screen comes up with the green bar the cycles across the screen, this brings up a Windows boot menu.

Its the same one that is used for Safe mode.

Paul
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That screen you describe doesn't have those options (I described it above) it just has a boot up as normal or run a startup recovery tool. Both hang when it reaches the progress bar bootup splash screen.

Steff
 
Edit: So I got to the page you described by holding down F8 throughout the boot up process and choose "Last Known Good Configuration" but it does exactly the same thing and hangs on the progress bar.
 
Update: Tried to boot in Safe Mode and it gets to the following .sys file and it hangs:
\windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys
 
Could be a corrupt disk or a virus.

I fixed a laptop with a virus here - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=213645

You may not have the same problem but the linux disk recommended in the replies was easy to use and enabled me to copy off all the user data to a usb drive before wiping the hard disk and factory resetting it. Might help you if there is stuff you need to save.
 
RobertP said:
Could be a corrupt disk or a virus.

I fixed a laptop with a virus here - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=213645

You may not have the same problem but the linux disk recommended in the replies was easy to use and enabled me to copy off all the user data to a usb drive before wiping the hard disk and factory resetting it. Might help you if there is stuff you need to save.
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Hey Rob, have thought about burning a linux LiveCD but I'm hoping I can fix this without having to use a LiveCD, back up data, and do a fresh install. Can easily spend days backing up stuff from this laptop but haven't got the time with exams coming up :(
 
Bug seems to have solved itself overnight. As is with Windows, once you give up it decides it likes you again. I've had it with Windows now because my laptop is having a hissy this morning. I'll just continue to use linux on the other partition until I can afford a mac :(
 
i wouldnt be quick to point the finger, google seems to hint that it was driver related so if you hadnt update the driver (possible do to via windows updates) it may of been corruption. may be worth a dskchk to make sure your hard drive is not a little iffy.
 
neil_g said:
i wouldnt be quick to point the finger, google seems to hint that it was driver related so if you hadnt update the driver (possible do to via windows updates) it may of been corruption. may be worth a dskchk to make sure your hard drive is not a little iffy.
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I've done about 12 disk checks and they all came up clean. I did some Googling too and from other reports it could be hardware failure, driver failure, corrupt files, bootsector problems. It could be any or all of the above. Anyway it's seems to be fine now.
 
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