Laptop Wont Start - Automatically Shuts Down
Sep 17, 2005
i was using spybot search an destroy to get rid of some spyware and it said id need to restart to fix one of the problems so i tried but now my aptop is not starting. because of the spyware on it im not bothered about fixing it properly and just want to format the c drive and start again but i need to copy some files from my documents to the second partition on the harddrive first. iv tried using the xp start disc using the repair current windows instalation with repair console thing but that wont let me access my docs. i also tried starting in safe mode with command prompt but it has the same problem as starting normaly it gets to the screen after the scrolling loader bar but before u get the list of acounts to log into then it shutsdown. this is the first time iv had a problem with my laptop before i just had a pc and would use a win98 boot disc to copy the files but my laptop doesnt have a floppy drive is it possible to use a memory stick or something similar.
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Aug 15, 2005
He said the XY home should be turned off every day. He did not state the reason and I did not ask. I was recouperating from heart surgery.
I do it now but I have wondered why?
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Oct 6, 2008
I had a bad virus on my computer and I wanted to boot it into safe mode. So I tried and everytime I tried it wouldn't work. I kept getting this message on a blue screen saying my video driver failed to initialize and it shut down automatically but it would boot up normal if I didn't try to go into safe mode.So I read that you could set your computer to automatically boot into safe mode from msconfig so I went in and set it to boot into safe mode automatically every time I powered up. So I turned off my computer and tried to.No matter what I do, no matter what option I select the blue screen with the error about my video driver comes up and it shuts down automatically.
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Dec 16, 2006
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Jan 23, 2009
My name's Montana from london and i've got a problem with my sony laptop viao recently as it keeps on shuting off and on over and over and i cant even do anything..Is there anyway i can solve this issue please.I look forward to hearing from you'all.
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Dec 26, 2007
sometimes it will spontaneously shut itself off. First, the screen will go out. Next, the computer itself will shut down. This always occurs when I am doing something that requires a lot of resources, such as playing a game or watching a video (but only when the video is streamed, it handles DVD and avi files just fine). In retrospect, it's 99% game related.
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Aug 16, 2006
my neighbor has an IBM think pad PENTIUM III. the laptop would boot and the shut off after like 3-6 minutes. we kept trying to get it going then after a while the screen would just flaSH green-blue-red- and other colors with out booting.i tried booting from a 'boot magic disk" but the screen was all in a grainy white color and could not see a thing.
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Mar 2, 2005
My system no longer shuts down by going to Start>Turn Off. It just sits there and doesn't do anything so I have to manually turn it off. What's the problem?
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Apr 4, 2005
How do i get to the little menu where I can choose which applications automatically start up when Windows starts up and which do not? I forgot how to get to that menu but I remember that I could check and uncheck which things would start up, etc. The reason for this is because everytime I start windows, it tries to load my scanning software which I don't need started anymore due to the scanner not being connected at all anymore, and the un installation not going as properly as it should of.. but it just bugs me that it tries to connect to the scanner (with about 3-4 attempts) when Windows starts so this is my best option.
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Jul 2, 2005
I am not sure why or when but now CD's dvd's don't start automatically, I have to go to my computer and click on the dvd drive to start it. This happens with all disks, music movies and new software, even though I have certain programs set to start when disk is inserted they don't, like WinDVD is set to load when a movie disk is put in and now it does not start, so I am not sure what I did, but if anyone has a fix I sure would appreciate it. Win XP Pro SP2, AMD Athlon xp 3000+ 2.1 ghz 768 mb ram.GE force fx 5700 ve graphics card with 256 mb ram.Sygate pro firewall, and AVG virus protection free version, Problem happens with or without firewall and virus software on.
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Jul 5, 2005
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Aug 3, 2005
Each time I boot, the Windows Explorer window appears on my desktop. I can't figure out what is causing this. It's not in my Start up folder.
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May 22, 2007
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Dec 19, 2005
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Jul 30, 2005
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Apr 2, 2010
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Nov 25, 2006
My laptop froze earlier today.I shut it down and then restarted it sit on the windows loading screen forever.When i try starting in safe mode, is also take a long time then instead of starting it turns off and on again i also tried starting in the other safe configurations no luck i put the recover xp cd in and did a fixboot still no luck.
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Nov 18, 2009
I just cant turn my laptop back on. I press the start button, I get a message "Windows didnt start properly" with all the usual list of options. I have tried them all "start windows normally", press f11, start with last configuration etc.windows starts for a few seconds, then it cuts itself off and back to former screen.so i never get anywhere. I tried taking battery out, leaving laptop time to cool down.nothing.
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Jan 16, 2009
I have a laptop here that I forgot to make a boot up disk with. Now there is an important file missing and doesn't let me start windows. I need recovery disk for HP Pavillion laptop. Does anybody what site I can get it from for free?
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Aug 29, 2007
I am using Vista but since I don't believe this is a Vista specific issue, I thought I'd post here. A few days ago, my laptop froze and the monitor went to a random array of stripes and colors. I powered it off, and when I started it up again, all the lights went on and I could hear it turning on but the monitor never came on. All the lights remained on but I don't think it completed startup since I didn't hear any sounds. I repeated this a few times, and it kept happening. Then I gave up and let it sit overnight. The next morning, it turned on no problem. However, later that day the screen froze and messed up again. Now I am either unable to start it up again, or it starts up and later freezes. The freezing seems to correspond to how long I wait before starting up the laptop again. If I wait a few minutes, it freezes after a few minutes as well and if I start it up quickly, it doesn't get very far. I recently flew to Hong Kong (where I am now) and the problem started a day after I arrived. I have a feeling that the problem is related to the move. My laptop is an HP dv2320us and is about 4 months old. I'm pretty lost now,
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Feb 12, 2009
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Aug 16, 2007
My laptop has corrupted registry, every time I boot up the computer I get the following message "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WindowsSystem32ConfigSystem".Followed by a restart only to lead to the same problem. I get a message saying something about cannot find the directory, I have tested which directory it meant and found out that it is the c:windows epairsystem that it cannot find, it also is not hidden nor anything. The other commands have worked fine.
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Oct 17, 2007
I have an HP PAVILION ZV5000, running win xp home spk 2, it is weird, i have setup the windows zero configuration setup as automatic so the service should start when the computer is already on the desktop, so what happen is that it does not start, so i have to go and click on start a service so then it start, and then this allow me to go to the wireless card properties and allow me to see the wireless tab and i can get connected, so each time i shutdown the computer the service does not start again automaticly so i have to repeat all the previous steps, i checked the laptop for virus nad i found a couples and it was fixed is there any help on this issue what can be wrong ? the card connect to his full speed and while connected is great?
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Apr 14, 2010
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Apr 18, 2007
I have a Compaq laptop that I bought about a year ago. Of course, I did not get a Windows disk with it and I cannot find the software that I did get. When I try to start it, it says that Windows cannot start because a file is missing or corrupt. The file is "windowssytem32configsystem". It suggests that I attempt to repair it using the original Setup CD-ROM, which, of course, I don't have.
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Feb 4, 2006
It seems quite severe and I have no idea where to start.When power on my laptop, the screen comes up as usual asking me if i want to enter bios. the next thing i see on the screen, is it checking the cd drive for a boot device, at which point (if there is no cd in there) the laptop automatically restarts. I tried using the windows xp setup cd to boot, but that wont help, I dont want to delete everything on my laptop as all my work is on there! Ive tried using another boot cd (ultimate boot cd) but thats way to complicated, i dont know which utility to choose.I also dont have a floppy drive on my laptop, and im running winxp home edition.
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Apr 9, 2008
On my way out to work last night i swithched my laptop off (or should i say hibernate) and came back to it this morning and windows will not start at all not even in safe mode
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Oct 28, 2007
I have a Toshiba Satellite A15-S129, and it asks me a couple of options on how I want to start it up1)Safe Mode 2) Safe Mode with Networking 3) Safe Mode with Command Prompt 4) Last known Good Configuration 5) Start Windows Normally. None of them work. It goes to the Loading part and a blue screen flashes and then it restarts.
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Dec 5, 2007
I have an Acer Travelmate 4200 that got a drink spilled on it last night. It spilled all over the keyboard, so we took apart the top section of the keyboard to clean it out and dried it upside down last night to get any remaining liquid out.
Now the computer will not load. The green power light comes on and it acts like it is trying to read the DVD drive but then it does nothing. The fan comes on as well. But no screen or anything else.
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Nov 2, 2007
I lost my recovery diskett to my laptop. my daughter dropped the laptop and now it is giving me a error msg at start up and i can't get it started at all. say something about disk writing error. anyway.how use the recovery diskett? but i can't find mine.
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