My acer powers up but shut down at the windowsME screen.
When I boot my computer it goes through the whole process until it gets to the screen windows loading screen and before windows can even open the whole computer shuts down. Any sugestions?
I have the same problem but i can't do the whole put in CD thing cause it came with windows Xp and instead of currupt file it says like "We apologize windows was not able to start up at this time this may have occered do to a recent hardware change or power failure" then it says press "start windows normally" if you don't know the cause of the problem and so I do but then it looks like its loading but then my CPU makes the same sound when you first turn it on then it goes back to the whole same process if anyone can help i would greatly aprciate itI have the same problem but i can't do the whole put in CD thing cause it came with windows Xp and instead of currupt file it says like "We apologize windows was not able to start up at this time this may have occered do to a recent hardware change or power failure" then it says press "start windows normally" if you don't know the cause of the problem and so I do but then it looks like its loading but then my CPU makes the same sound when you first turn it on then it goes back to the whole same process if anyone can help i would greatly aprciate it
AnonymousJan 01, 2009
It comes up windows xp the starts the whole process again and that computer is important to meIt comes up windows xp the starts the whole process again and that computer is important to me
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No this appears to be a problem that is not just happening once... I've been having the same problem... but my problems were worse... my motherboard and hard drive were both fryed by this problem... I had to send it in to acer and they replaced these items but the computer still froze up and died after I had installed windows media player 11 and aol... so I am starting to think it is media player's fault because someone else has mentioned they had installed it.... I'm actually sending it back to acer tomorrow and they are picking up the tab this time on shipping... (I'd be one unhappy customer if they weren't)... I'll let you know how it goes whenever I get my computer back again... only when I do I'm not installing media player....
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It sounds like you may have some corrupted system files. You should be able to repair them using your Windows XP installation CD and the steps out-lined in this article.
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Start the computer. As soon as the "Starting Windows" screen comes up (not the Acer screen), hold down the Power Button to shut off the computer. This might force the computer to go in to Windows recovery mode when you restart. Now, turn on the computer, and it should go to a "Windows Diagnostics and Recovery" page. Choose Diagnose the Problem or whatever it says, follow the instructions.
You could have a corruption in the script or a process that won't stop. Try holding down on the power button until the screen goes dark and all lights go out. That is a hard shut down without saving settings. After it shuts down (finally) power it back up. Hit the F8 key on your keyboard the moment your machine goes to the black screen before it can load windows. That is the safe mode. Move the highlight up to safe mode or safe mode with networking and allow it to continue to boot up. Then, when it's completed the process and windows displays that it is in safe mode, do a normal restart. That should resolve the issue.
Step 1: Laptop computers can be wonderful devices, except when the need to troubleshoot arises. Acer laptops are no different. A quick way to fix many problems with an Acer laptop running Windows is to reset it to factory settings. Resetting your Acer laptop to factory settings can eliminate slow operation, registry problems, virus problems and spyware issues. What's more, a factory reset of your laptop may reduce the need for a full reinstallation of Windows.
Back up all necessary data to an external device such as a disk, flash drive or hard drive Make sure all programs are closed and shut down your Acer laptop. Detach any external hardware such as an external hard drive or printer. Press the Power button to boot your Acer laptop. Press "Alt-F10" on your keyboard when the Acer screen appears at the start of the boot-up process. Wait a moment while Windows loads the reset files. Select "Restore System from factory default" in the Acer eRecovery Management window. Click "Next" on the next screen to continue. Click "Next" on the following destination information window. This will pop up a notice telling you that resetting your Acer laptop will erase all data and restore the laptop to its original settings and configuration. Click "OK" in the notice window to proceed with resetting your Acer laptop. Wait while your Acer laptop is reset to factory settings.
Step 1: Shut down your PC completely. Step 2: Turn on the Power button. Step 3: As soon as you turn it on start hitting the F8 key on your keyboard until you get to a black screen called "Windows Advanced option". (If you don't get to that that screen but you end up reaching the blue screen than that means you have delayed in hitting the F8 key. start again from step 1.) Step 4: As soon as you reach "Windows Advanced option" use your down arrow keys to choose an option called "Last know good configuration". Step 5: Select that and HIT ENTER.
hope system got crashed.... Please install your laptop/pc by formating or by chaing you booting device option.... it you are booting with cd then change your option to CD drive as first booting device so that your system may work or you can install new OS..... to your PC/Laptop
Would you be able to get the Windows loading bar before it goes to a dark screen if yes we could reinstall the Windows wherein you would lose information on your computer and to do the reinstallation all that you would need to do is start tapping on Alt+F10 as soon as you turn on your computer untill we find Windows loading files on the screen and then you would get the Acer recovery management Windows from where you need to select completely restore system to factory defaults and then keep following the instructions on the screen clicking on a few next ok or yes buttons and it would complete the process in 30-45 minutes time;if you are unable to get the Windows loading bar or the Acer logo then you would haveto conatc technical support and set up a repair for a video card issue.
For that when you power up the computer press F8 key untill you see
windows logo then enter in "Enable vga mode" then go to display
property and set screen resolution to 1024*768 then apply and ok. If still same issue then enter in safe mode then uninstall graphic driver and reinstall. Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa.
Try tapping F8 when the acer window shows, when it shows the muliboot option, scroll down to "Last Known Good Configuration" and hit enter. If it does not boot normally, you will have to get an external dvd drive and boot off the drive with a windows installation disc to perform a repair.
I'm having the same problem, but I don't want to have to turn off my computer EVERY time it does this. (I have not been able to shut down the laptop normally because it goes into sleep every time.) I've heard that after 3 hours it builds up an eletrical charge and you have to take the battery out, but I havn't had it on for 3 hours at a time.
I have the same problem but i can't do the whole put in CD thing cause it came with windows Xp and instead of currupt file it says like "We apologize windows was not able to start up at this time this may have occered do to a recent hardware change or power failure" then it says press "start windows normally" if you don't know the cause of the problem and so I do but then it looks like its loading but then my CPU makes the same sound when you first turn it on then it goes back to the whole same process if anyone can help i would greatly aprciate it
It comes up windows xp the starts the whole process again and that computer is important to me
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