Re: Windows will not boot under any circumstances!

On Apr 10, 10:17 am, "Mickey" <mike.w...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 9, 1:00 pm, "AllanF" <not.kn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Mickey,

I can't find the free version of AVG on Product page of the Grisoft WebSite!
Have they gone totally commercial?! What version do you have? With the free
version, Grisoft used to state that you can make bootable Floppies (as I
said), not CD/DVDs. See:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5480/lng/us/tpl/v5
Unfortunately, you would need to grab hold of a Floppy Drive (USB).

Otherwise, create a Memtest86 CD or BartPE DVD Disc (see:http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/andadd your Storage/HardDisk Drivers), if you
want to see if your laptop will boot.

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On Apr 9, 1:52 am, "AllanF" <not.kn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mickey,

You said that Safe Mode, Last Mode, etc failed. I was just wondering what
you meant by failed, and assumed that they also got to that XP Screen
with
the cycling progress bar then crashed. Is this the case? How far does the
Recovery Process from the Partition get before it fails? Doesn't really
matter I s'pose.

You should try to make a Bootable CD rather than DVD. They're cheaper and
more reliable. I don't know of any free, downloadable Virus Scanners that
allow you to create a bootable CD. I believe AVG can create bootable
floppies if that's an option.

But I would recommend downloading the Memtest 86 ISO and burning it to a
CD.
Then try to see if it will boot. If it does let it run for an hour or so.
Go
here:http://www.memtest86.com/ ...the zip file, gzip is for Linux (?)

At least you will find out if you can boot from CD-ROM.... not sure what
you
can do after that. Maybe, you can order a Recovery DVD from Acer.

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On Apr 8, 2:07 pm, "AllanF" <not.kn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Mickey,

The Recovery you tried, is that on a CD/DVD Disc or a Partition on the
HardDisk? Does everything fail at the same point you described with a
flash
of a Blue Screen?

You should probably try to find some other Bootable Media like a
Knoppix
DVD
(recently found stuck to the cover of Computer Mags), or a Recovery
Disc
found with some AntiVirus Software (but don't rush out and buy one if
you
haven't got one). There are others. I've used BartPE, but it really
should
be built from your own Computer, and another which I don't know much
about,
called something like UltimateBootCD. There are (free?) AntiVirus
PlugIns
for BartPE.

Scan for Viruses after booting from the external medium. And I think I
saw
Memtest86 on Knoppix (or download the ISO and make your own Bootable
CD)
which you should also run, if possible.

If you can't get a bootable Floppy/CD/DVD to boot, send the unit back.
I
can't think of anything else you could do except perhaps have a look
for
anomolies in the BIOS.

"Mickey" <mike.w...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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hello,
i have run into a major predicament with my Acer Aspire 5634wlmi
laptop thats only a few months old.
Basically after leaving it on overnight to do a virus scan i return
to
it in the morning to find it's still doing it but with serious lagg
that isn't normal. so i restart thinking it'll remove lagg and work
fine... erm nope. it shutdown, turned back on went through normal
procedure UNTIL it got to the Windows XP Screen with the blue bar at
the bottom. the bar cycled once, then did a 1/4 cycler, went to a
blue
screen then restarted [the blue screen was just a flash - enough to
tell there was an error but not enough that you could read it] all
safe mode options failed, last mode failed and normal failed... i
put
the HD into a caddy to transfer files and such and put that back in
the machine to do a recovery... guess what... recovery wouldnt boot
-.-
so for now i'm stuck with a bricked laptop.
Anyone know whether i can fix it myself or send it in for a new
unit?

Thanks for any help in trying to fix it :]

P.S It is a MCE 2005 fyi :]

It's a partition on the HD. worked fine once but the keyboard and
mouse failed so i couldnt type in the security code so i restarted
making everything go kaput.
what do you mean by "Does everything fail at the same point you
described with a flash of a Blue Screen?" i dont quite understand what
you mean...
I owuld make an ISO but i don't have any DVD's that i can write to.
they can get costly over here. i also made a bootable re-thingy [sorry
cant think atm veruy tired] on my laptop not long after i got it but i
seem to have misplaced disc one which is just typical. theres this
computer bloke i know who may be able to look at it so i'll send it to
him n see what he says as it could be multiple things e.g. Hd failure
bad ram bad boot bad bios either way it will proabbly end up in
getting a new new unit. i'll update when i get intel.

yes that is correct they all go to the XP screen then give an error
saying that windows didn't start successfully.
upon trying to boot the recovery patition it too give me the erorr
that windows failed to start.
you mentioned that i could use AVG to make a bootable CD/DVD thingy...
i have AVG on this rig but i dont know how to make one via AVG... care
to show me how to?
many thanks :]

i tried that memtest86 thing and since i dont have a program to burn
iso's i had to open it up with winrar and then extract the BOOT folder
then burn that folder to the CD.... all of which didnt play ball with
my laptop... hang on i just realised i got sonic recordnow... i'll
update after seeing how that goies

UPDATE: Image worked, laptop is now running tests :]

.

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