Lap top will not boot onto windows

shqipshume

My lap top out of blue has been displaying,Sorry for inconvenience as windows did not start up successfully.
Then follows all the menu options with safe mode and start windows normally or start up on last known configuration that worked.
I can get into f10 but i don't know what i am meant to do i there.
I cant get in to f2
But they are all like gibberish to me,whats f2 for?
Can any one help please?
it then showed your windows was closed down so that your computer would not be damaged.
Its a Compaq armada m700 i have been routing on line but i don't understand a lot of it like bios:o
Any advice or help thanks in advance

Diver79

Have you tried to select start windows normally? If so, what happens when you do that.

Have you tried Safe Mode, will that load? If not, what happens?

Are you running XP or Vista?

Jim Campbell

The Compaq Armada is an oldish laptop....what OS are you running...it's probably something like Windows 2000 or even Windows 98...have you ever reloaded the OS...if not now is probably the time to do it...see if you can run Windows in safemode and backup all your data before you reload the OS...

shqipshume

Diver79 wrote: »

Have you tried to select start windows normally? If so, what happens when you do that.

Have you tried Safe Mode, will that load? If not, what happens?

Are you running XP or Vista?

Hey sorry for been gone so long and late reply
I have tried all of them and it just goes back around to the menu with same message.
I have XP

shqipshume

Jim Campbell wrote: »

The Compaq Armada is an oldish laptop....what OS are you running...it's probably something like Windows 2000 or even Windows 98...have you ever reloaded the OS...if not now is probably the time to do it...see if you can run Windows in safemode and backup all your data before you reload the OS...

Yeah it was windows 2000,someone uploaded windows xp but has all the info of windows 2000 on it,I am really not great with all this stuff,Did i say that right,What would i have to do? I cant get into the windows menu to even restart the system either.

IT-Guy

shqipshume wrote: »

Yeah it was windows 2000,someone uploaded windows xp but has all the info of windows 2000 on it,I am really not great with all this stuff,Did i say that right,What would i have to do? I cant get into the windows menu to even restart the system either.

Hi shqipshume. When your laptop blue screens does it stay on the blue screen of death (BSOD) or reboot straight away? If it reboots then we need it to stay on the BSOD to get the STOP error message being displayed. When you next start your laptop it should go to the screen with options for Safe Mode etc on it. One of these options should be "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure". Highlight this, hit Enter and let the laptop attempt to boot. When the next BSOD occurs it should stay up and not restart. Write down the STOP error message and post it up here please

shqipshume

IT-Guy wrote: »

Hi shqipshume. When your laptop blue screens does it stay on the blue screen of death (BSOD) or reboot straight away? If it reboots then we need it to stay on the BSOD to get the STOP error message being displayed. When you next start your laptop it should go to the screen with options for Safe Mode etc on it. One of these options should be "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure". Highlight this, hit Enter and let the laptop attempt to boot. When the next BSOD occurs it should stay up and not restart. Write down the STOP error message and post it up here please

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The following configuration options were automatically updated. Total memory installed 262144kb. CMOS check some invalid defualt values loaded..
__________________________
Here is the BSOD error message:::

A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to protect your computer.
Un-Mountable boot volume
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, Restart your Computer. If this screen apears again, Follow these steps.
Check to make sure any new hardware/software is properly installed
If this is a new instalation ask your hard ware or software manufactuer for any windows update you might need.
If problems continue, Disable or Remove any newly installed hardware/Software.
Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components,Restart your computer,
press f8 to select advanced start-up options,
and then select safe mode.
............................................
Thanks for all your help

mach1982

Did any one add more memory( RAM) to it as I got that error the other night as I was installing some RAM which turned out to be faulty on my PC , and if the laptop was originally set to run on win98 it may not be able to see 2gb of ram.

shqipshume

mach1982 wrote: »

Did any one add more memory( RAM) to it as I got that error the other night as I was installing some RAM which turned out to be faulty on my PC , and if the laptop was originally set to run on win98 it may not be able to see 2gb of ram.

No it was orignally a 2000 and no ram was added.
Thanks:)

IT-Guy

shqipshume wrote: »

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The following configuration options were automatically updated. Total memory installed 262144kb. CMOS check some invalid defualt values loaded..
__________________________
Here is the BSOD error message:::

A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to protect your computer.
Un-Mountable boot volume
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, Restart your Computer. If this screen apears again, Follow these steps.
Check to make sure any new hardware/software is properly installed
If this is a new instalation ask your hard ware or software manufactuer for any windows update you might need.
If problems continue, Disable or Remove any newly installed hardware/Software.
Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components,Restart your computer,
press f8 to select advanced start-up options,
and then select safe mode.
............................................
Thanks for all your help

Hey no problem;)

That error message means either a failing hard drive or a messed up boot configuration. If you have an XP CD handy and a bit of time, use the steps here to try and get XP booting again. If that doesn't work for you then hopefully you know someone who can backup your data to another drive and reinstall XP on the laptop?

If the above steps don't work then your hard drive may possibly be knackered and need replacing.

shqipshume

IT-Guy wrote: »

Hey no problem;)

That error message means either a failing hard drive or a messed up boot configuration. If you have an XP CD handy and a bit of time, use the steps here to try and get XP booting again. If that doesn't work for you then hopefully you know someone who can backup your data to another drive and reinstall XP on the laptop?

If the above steps don't work then your hard drive may possibly be knackered and need replacing.

Thanks alot,I actually understood how you put it,:) I will try that and let you know how it goes:) Thanks alot again