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[Lee1980]

On my Bros pc now but my laptop now wont go after i used it this morning. turn it on enter power up password then i get black screen with white text saying it may have been shutdown to soon or a power cut etc, so choose from 5 options:-

safe mode
safe mode with network
safe mode with command prompts
start up in seetings that were last saved by windows
normal windows start up

none of them work once one is selected a blue screen with white text comes up for a second to fast to even read.

Then goes back to asking for power up password

Help please

Its running xp pro by the way

[Iconic944ss]

Can you tell if the hard drive is running up...usually a drive light present somewhere.

can you boot it from a Floppy / CD/DVD instead and 'see' the HD?

Good luck - Frank

[Lee1980]

Yeah the light, lights up and can hear it go just wont go pass the power up stage, I hvae 5 discs with all the standard software that came with it but when insert the first one it says all data on c drive will be lost if i do this.

[weeian]

try puting in the xp disk & do a recovery, sounds like your getting a BSOD (blue screen of death)

go all the way to where it asks you to install xp then choose the recover option.

[weeian]

what that will do is rewrite the operating system but leaves everything else intact.

[Lee1980]

Im pretty sure i only have 5 discs called product recovery discs 1-5 and the first one says all data on c will be lost if i continue, can i gat any xp disc? should i have one?

Thanks for replies guys

[Lee1980]

Im told it came preinstalled on lap top and u dont get a disc

Just a book and sticker

[weeian]

if it was a pre install then im not sure what way it has been preinstalled, they could have done it a few different ways, do you know how to take the hard drive out?? what you could do is take out the hard drive and take off it what you need, then id just reinstall windows XP to be honest.

/ian

[chris999]

has it got ducati electrics inside it ????

[Edited on 26-11-2005 by chris999]

[Lee1980]

Originally posted by chris999
has it got ducati electrics inside it ????

[Edited on 26-11-2005 by chris999]

Its a Sony Vaio so Japanese, not that its helping me now