Will not boot up from start

Restart your ASUS laptop and press the "F9" key while the computer is booting up. This will open the boot screen. Select "Recover Windows to Entire HD" and press "Enter."

Press "Y" three times when asked if you are sure that you want to restore. The laptop will restore the factory settings. The computer will then shut down and start up again.

Approve the license agreement, then select your "Language preference." Enter your name into the box and click "Next."

Enter your password twice on the next screen and select "Next." Enter the time zone and date information, then select "Next." Select "Finish" on the next screen and the computer will reboot.

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The factory restore partition only functions if it is in tact. Have you manually installed an OS on this system which you formatted the hard drive? If so then the restore partition is now gone. If you have not then pressing CTRL+F11 while booting should start the DSR partition.
An alternative is you may be able to contact Dell and inquire about getting a restore CD for your system.
If you can not boot to the DSR and/or can not get a disc from Dell then you will have to purchase a copy of Windows and perform an install from that CD.
This particular model would be able to support operating on Windows 7 Home Premium if you max out your memory to 2GB. If you choose to go this route then purchase a "Full Retail" copy of the OS or you will not be permitted to wipe and reload the system according to the licensing. An upgrade will require you to have an existing license to a previous version of windows and will carry over any problems you have.

There are a couple of quick fixes you can do.

First, boot into Safe Mode (Repeatedly tap the F8 key while the system is booting, before the windows logo appears) A Menu will pop up, press Boot Into Safe Mode. From there you can try a System Restore to a known good date.

System Restore - Click Start -> Control Panel -> On the top right, type "System Restore" without the quotes. Click on "Restore system files and settings from a restore point". You can choose the recommended restore or a specific date.

The other option is to boot into "Last Known Good Configuration". To do this, use the F8 trick again while booting, but instead of Safe Mode choose "Last Known Good Configuration".

Please note that either of these run a risk of some data being lost from the time the restore point was made. You "shouldn't" lose anything but just want to make you aware.

There are a couple of quick fixes you can do.

First, boot into Safe Mode (Repeatedly tap the F8 key while the system is booting, before the windows logo appears) A Menu will pop up, press Boot Into Safe Mode. From there you can try a System Restore to a known good date.

System Restore - Click Start -> Control Panel -> On the top right, type "System Restore" without the quotes. Click on "Restore system files and settings from a restore point". You can choose the recommended restore or a specific date.

The other option is to boot into "Last Known Good Configuration". To do this, use the F8 trick again while booting, but instead of Safe Mode choose "Last Known Good Configuration".

Please note that either of these run a risk of some data being lost from the time the restore point was made. You "shouldn't" lose anything but just want to make you aware.

Hello.

Sounds like the update was corrupted or had corrupted files.

Boot your system to Safe Mode (press F8 repeatedly). Go to System Restore and choose a date when your system worked OK. Note: with System Restore, all your updates will roll back to that date.

Hope this resolves your problem.

Just check the dat ur boot cd of operatin system is perfect or not, or else der wud be a bad sector in ur hdd..n 1 more thing just chesk ur ram also..!

Try booting your computer in safe mode... when your machine starts press F8 and go to Windows. Run for a couple of hours and see if this problem happens.

If you have system restore running, restore back to a point when you didnt have the problem

Press F8 during boot this will take you to boot options select "Last Known Good Configuration" or select Safe Mode to perform a system repair.
To repair your system follow the steps below
1. Click Start and open Run on the Start menu.
2. Type (or copy and paste) C:\WINDOWS\system32\restore\rstrui.exe in the Run box.
3. This will open System Restore now select the first option (restore my computer to an earlier time) and click next.
4. Select a date when your network last worked and complete restoration.
Do not worry about selecting the wrong date you can always undo any restore within system restore you will select undo last restore.

Press F8 during boot this will take you to boot options select "Last Known Good Configuration" or select Safe Mode to perform a system repair.
To repair your system follow the steps below
1. Click Start and open Run on the Start menu.
2. Type (or copy and paste) C:\WINDOWS\system32\restore\rstrui.exe in the Run box.
3. This will open System Restore now select the first option (restore my computer to an earlier time) and click next.
4. Select a date when your network last worked and complete restoration.
Do not worry about selecting the wrong date you can always undo any restore within system restore you will select undo last restore.

Hi,
What you,ll need is a system restore CD.
Usually supplied with the Computer/Laptop.
Your only other option, is to enter the systems BIOS Setup if possible, and instruct the the computer, to first boot cd/dvd rom drive, with your windows or operating system cd in, and carry out a new installation. this could be a missing file/driver issue. or failed RAM ( Memory ) Which can only be determined by listening for Beeps at system startup.

Mike @ Compurepair.