Computer freezes as soon as it is turned on showing the ACER sreen with two options:- Press Enter for setup & F12 for boot menu. Because the computer is frozen neither of these options work, and the only recovery disk is blank.

can you click on f12 before it goes to boot password?
The F12 Boot Menu allows you to choose which device that you would like to boot the computer's Operating System from by pressing the F12 key during the computer's Power On Self Test, or POST process. Some notebook and netbook models have the F12 Boot Menu disabled by default.
If this sounds like your problem then try this:
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To enable the F12 Boot Menu:

1. Restart the computer.
2. Press the F2 key to enter computer's BIOS Setup during Power-On Self-Test, or POST, process while the Acer logo is being displayed.
3. Press the Right Arrow key to select Main
4. Select F12 Boot Menu
5. Press the Enter key
6. Select Enabled
7. Press the Enter key
8. Press the F10 key and then press the Enter key to save the changes and restart the computer.

Note: Not all Acer notebooks or netbooks have the F12 Boot Menu feature. Computers that do not have the F12 Boot Menu feature will not be able to enable the feature within the BIOS. I hope this works for you if not, then the problem is obviously not the boot menu. Go to Acer support for more help

try reseating the graphics card (remove and reinstall) making sure to press it firmly into the slot

Hi.

1. Turn on the computer. When the Compaq logo displays, press F10. Or,
2. During Power On Self Test (POST), and after the memory check completes, press F10 as soon as you see a small white square flashing on the top right corner of the screen.
3. In the computer setup, use the right arrow to move the selection to the Advanced menu.
4. Use the down arrow to move the selection down to Boot options, and press Enter. The Boot options menu pops up with four boot order options.
5. Use the down arrow to move the selection.
6. Press the left arrow to change the order of Notebook.
7. Press F10 to accept the change.
8. Press ESC to jump back File menu, and then move the selection down to "Save changes and exit".
9. Press Enter. If asked to save changes and exit, press F10.

On some laptops you can change the boot order by tapping the F12 key as the computer starts up.



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Turn on the machine, press F12 once the Dell splash screen is displayed, the boot menu will show up. From the Boot Menu, use up-down arrow keys on the keyboard and highlight the CD/DVD/CD-RW and press Enter.You will see another menu, select "Boot from Cd-Rom" and press enter to select it. The system will boot up from the CD-Rom. Please note that this settings is only for one time boot, once the system is restarted, the boot sequence will be restored to the previous saved settings. If you wish to set it from the Bios, enter the Bios settings by hitting F2 or Delete (should be shown at the bottom of the Dell splash screen) while you see the Dell Splash Screen. In the Bios settings menu, go to Boot options and make the changes with the boot sequence.


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switch it on then press the key that takes it in to the BIOS or SETUP it will tell you on the start up screen, Should be "F2" when your in the bios use the arrow keys to move through the options.
More across to exit and press enter then go down to set/get or load system defaults press enter again then save & exit & the system will re-boot.
if it dosn't boot then do the same again but this time press the boot menu option on start up "F12" or "F8" i think, i should give you a list from the list select the hard drive & hit enter.
Let me know what it says & i will be able to help you more.

Restart computer. Watch closely at the bottom of the screen for an F command.

This F command will allow to enter setup.

When computer is loading, start pressing F12 repeatedly until setup is opened.

When setup opens, you'll see a file menu that runs across the top of the screen. It will start from the left and move to the right - press F9. When prompted, select "restore default settings". Move to each file menu and press F9 and set "default settings".

When you come to the Exit menu, do the same thing, then select the Exit Menu, and choose the "Exit Saving Settings" option.

Once it exits, it will automatically restart and begin the loading process into Windows (or your operating system).

If the OS does not load, you will need to re-enter setup: under the file menu, search for an option that will allow you to enable a second F command which should be F5 or F10. Once this is done, go to exit, and select "exit saving settins".

The computer will begin loading, but you will want to restart the computer - watch again at the bottom of the screen for the new F command - remember what it is when you are in setup, and begin pressing it as before with the F12 command - the F5 (F10) will bring you to an option menu for starting the computer - select the "start in safe mode" option.

If the computer does not load in safe mode, you will need to format the hard drive and re-install the Operating System.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

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ok you need to insert the disk, then shutdown the laptop then turn it back on, the first screen that shows up should say the brand name and have some words at the bottom of the screen saying press f12 for setup and so on, as soon as this screen appears press the pause button on the keyboard so the screen freezes, now read the options at the bottom and select which ever button opens the boot menu it will be one of the f something buttons, this will open the boot options menu select boot from cd rom drive and that shud start up the recovery program that will guide you step by step. hope that helps

Try booting the system to Safe mode.

To boot to safe mode:

Restart the computer. As soon as the BIOS has finished loading, F8 key on your keyboard. When Windows Options menu appears, scroll to select the Safe mode menu item, and then press Enter.

Select "Last known good configuration" then press Enter.

If that doesn't work reboot again and keep tapping on F8 to Safe Mode and instead of selecting "last known good configuration" select "Repair Your Computer"

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1. Place your Windows XP set up disk in your CD drive.
2. Turn off your computer and change your BOOT order to boot from CDs first.
3. Turn your computer back on.
4. Press any key on your keyboard when it asks you to.
5. Press enter when you see a blue screen, one of the options should say, "To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.".
6. Press enter to start the windows set up.
7. Accept the Licence and Agreement and confirm that the setup is searching for current versions on XP.
8. Press "R" when the set up has found your current version of XP.
9. Notice that the Set up is deleting all your windows xp files and replacing them. (This will not cause loss of data)

check the fan of your cpu is it working fine also check the RAM, do it by putting some other RAM which is working

If you don't mind losing all of your data, get a windows XP install disc, boot from it, and see if you can install a new copy of the operating system. If this is not an ooptuion, google "Bart PE" download this program, run it and let it burn to a CD. Next boot from said CD, and run the command prompt. now type in "CHKDSK C:/r" and let this run. Once it finishes, take the disk out and reboot. THis should fix the problem, best of luck dude ;)