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stuck on welcome screen

  • 15-03-2012 11:51PM
    #1
    moleary20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭


    My laptop is getting stuck on the welcome screen, I can see the page trying to load but nothing's happening. My OS is Vista and I know thats the whole problem but I wonder if anyone knows how to fix this. I have tried the old reliable ctrl-alt-del but thats not working either.


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Your first stop should be LKGC:

    Press F8 right after the POST screen to bring up the Windows boot menu. Choose "Last Known Good Configuration". If that fails, try "Safe Mode" and check if it will load.


  • #3
    moleary20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭moleary20


    still nothing, it runs disk checking but once it gets past welcome a blue screen comes up saying my computer needs to close


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    re vista , check the sticky's for speedups


    remove any peripherials from the system

    any recent changes to the system ?


  • #5
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    moleary20 wrote: »
    still nothing, it runs disk checking but once it gets past welcome a blue screen comes up saying my computer needs to close

    Maybe the hard drive's gone south. UBCD offers a variety of test tools.

    Before you do anything else, you might grab a Linux Live distro and backup your files while you still can.

    Hard drives are one of the very few mechanical parts in a laptop (besides DVD drive and fan) and given their fragility, they're likely the first component to fail in mobile computers. Consider a solid state disk as replacement (60 GB drives sell from around 80 Euro), they're insanely fast compared to platter hard drives and no mechanical parts.


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