My computer won't start. Says Windows did not start properly. Gives option of: Safe mode, last config, etc.

Question

Can't even sign on to home page.Repeats same 3 screens. Windows did not start properly. Runs like it will start up but returns to first screen, then repeats. Have turned comp. off. Nothing. Unplugged everything. Nothing, has worked. Have gone to setup, and boot menu.

Answer 1

I have seen this before. If you cannot go into safe mode, or last known good configuration, then you probably have a fried motherboard. I know that may sound strange, and it does not happen a lot, but that might be your case. You will end up having to get a new motherboard, but my recommendation would be a new computer.

Answer 2

Wendy, DO NOT Panic!!!!. Most probably your Operating System has a few corrupted files. I am hoping that you have access to another computer which has Vista. We can do this in two ways: 1. Use an USB to boot your Laptop. To make an an USB bootable you need to use the other PC. To make a USB bootable Required: * USB Flash Drive (4GB+) * Microsoft OS Disk (Vista) * A computer running Vista Step 1: Format the Drive The steps here are to use the command line to format the disk properly using the diskpart utility. [Be warned: this will erase everything on your drive. Be careful.] 1. Plug in your USB Flash Drive 2. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator” 3. Find the drive number of your USB Drive by typing the following into the Command Prompt window: diskpart list disk The number of your USB drive will listed. You’ll need this for the next step. I’ll assume that the USB flash drive is disk 1. 4. Format the drive by typing the next instructions into the same window. Replace the number “1” with the number of your disk below. select disk 1 clean create partition primary select partition 1 active format fs=NTFS assign exit When that is done you’ll have a formatted USB flash drive ready to be made bootable. Step 2: Make the Drive Bootable Next we’ll use the bootsect utility that comes on the Vista disk to make the flash drive bootable. In the same command window that you were using in Step 1: 1. Insert your Windows Vista DVD into your drive. 2. Change directory to the DVD’s boot directory where bootsect lives: d: cd d:\boot 3. Use bootsect to set the USB as a bootable NTFS drive prepared for a Vista image. I’m assuming that your USB flash drive has been labeled disk G:\ by the computer: bootsect /nt60 g: 4. You can now close the command prompt window, we’re done here. Step 3: Copy the installation DVD to the USB drive The easiest way is to use Windows explorer to copy all of the files on your DVD on to the formatted flash drive. After you’ve copied all of the files the disk you are ready to go. You might have hidden files. To unhide them in the Windows Explorer window go to Tools->Folder Options, in the Folder Option Window go to Tab View and go to Hidden Files and Folders and check Show Hidden Files and Folders. Step 4: Set your BIOS to boot from USB This is where you’re on your own since every computer is different. Most BIOS’s allow you to hit a key at boot and select a boot option.

Answer 3

Best thing to do is start in Safe Mode and check the event viewer to try to see what causing the problem. If you cant get it to start under safe mode, see if you can select Last Known Good Configuration. If not, you may need to do a repair.

GL

Answer 4

You might have either:
1)Screwed up, or short-circuited your motherboard.
2)Screwed up your hard drive
3)Both your motherboard and hard drive are screwed up.

Get your computer technician ASAP.

If you have never touched inside your computer, DON'T even THINK about touching Safe mode, last config, etc.
Because if you do, you might mess it up more, and need to buy a new computer, because your messed up computer is now called JUNK.

Answer 5

You need to RESTORE your computer back to a point where it was working fine. Do the following:

Boot to the command prompt and type:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Press Enter and follow the on-screen prompts to restore to an earlier date/time

..good luck!

Answer 6

go to save mode,

open windows explorer and right click in the drive C
from there choose "tools" tab in the upper area of dialog

then choose "scandisk" and check all the options.
after that the computer will request u to reboot, do it and wait

hwh,
http://dwikristianto.homeunix.org/docs/content/freewares.php

Answer 7

IF POSSIBLE.....

Select the "Last Known Good Configuration" option. It will restore your pc to a state to before you had this problem.

Answer 8

sounds like an ntldr.dll is corrupt. try using your disk to start it this will reload the corrupt file.

Answer 9

if your computer isnt working then how are you typing this?