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Laptop frozen on boot Help?

  • 28-11-2012 1:32am
    #1
    ciano316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭


    I have a laptop here it starts up then the screen stays black and the white cursor sits in the top left of the screen frozen that would usually blink on boot.

    Anybody any ideas what the problem could be??

    Tried removing and replacing the RAM
    Tried remove the battery and hold power for 60 seconds and replace battery.

    Any help is appreciated.
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  • #2
    Duiske
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Duiske


    Try control-alt-delete and see if anything comes up. Have you any devices connected ?


  • #3
    ciano316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭ciano316


    Duiske wrote: »
    Try control-alt-delete and see if anything comes up. Have you any devices connected ?

    No devices connected and control alt delete won't work either. :(


  • #4
    efourc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭efourc


    Have you got a windows boot disk. If win 7 you have a repair option to either check for errors or reinstall


  • #5
    Scwibles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Scwibles


    computer > local disk > properties > tools > check errors > fix system errors, scan attempt recovery of bad sectors


  • #6
    ciano316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭ciano316


    efourc wrote: »
    Have you got a windows boot disk. If win 7 you have a repair option to either check for errors or reinstall

    It doesn't even let you get that fair. Laptop starts up and the screen is black and has the small cursor in the top left that just sits there frozen.


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  • #7
    HelpWithIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭HelpWithIT


    Trying this, restart your computer and keep pressing the f8 key until you see a menu in white writing on a black screen, select repair your computer (presuming you have vista or windows 7) enter your keyboard layout and username and password if asked, it will show up your disk and it might automatically start to check for problems or you may have to select that option, if this does not solve your problem then repeat the process but at the end there is an "advanced options" tab, hit that and select system restore, pick a date older than the date your computer started having this problem and hit restore, if this does not work then you may need to bring it to a repair shop.


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