I turn on my laptop and the initial screen with the blue loading bar at the bottom freezes. I try going into setup with F2 but it will not let me...
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ok reboot computer,,when first screen starts to pop up,,hit esc,,go to a boot option,,make sure ur main hdd is set at #1,,also defrag ur hdd and do a disk cleanup,,,under system tools,,and also u can do restore ,,,
assuming that u r a professional, try open in the safe mode..press F8 rapidly/briskly while booting up.. often happens due to cpu over heating and or software corruption..check if not too dusty.. listen for any noise emitting(eg. 'tik tik' or 'kirr kirr') by the hdd.. if window opens up in safe mode..check the size of virtual memory..try increasing.. unload some unnecessary software.. do a through virus scan using a licensed and updated antivirus (i prefer avg/kaspersky).. download, install n run microsoft kb890830.. if windows is not loading at all..reinstall os..probably ur ram/hdd is faulty or small in size..replace with a standby n see.. the above often take place with some error message(s)/blue screen.. but
if there's no such displaying, esp if hangs/stops/power off during
installation, it may b caused by the main/mother board or even the
battery.. ..contact ur system admin/vendor....
if you can find the motherboard battery, remove it and leave it out for around 2 mins, this should reset the CMOS (date,time, settings etc) make sure the laptop battery is out and its not plugged into the mains, the other way is to flash the bios by downloading the latest bios version for you machine providing that it boots to windows, the only other option is to flash via floppy with AC power on!!! NOT RECOMENDED as if it goes wrong your pc will be permanantly dead
i agree the hard drive sounds like it has problems and sounds like you will need a new one ...sorry to say that but from what your said this is the problem
Remove the hard drive and try it again, if no change also remove the DVD rom drive.
The computer is trying to access the drives, but failing and will just sit there and keep trying until it either succeeds or eventually fails & then will report it.
The fact it has hung like this would indicate the hard drive controller board has failed though and is no longer reporting back to the bios when it is queried.
If this gets you past that point, then before you take a hammer to the drive, reseat it back into the slot firmly and try it again.
My Acer 3290 Travel mate gets stuck on the Acer loading screen and the blue bar freezes i can enter setup >F2<
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