Computer start up problem..please help

[Mrs O/H/C]

My laptop was working this morning,then froze so i shut it down.

Now it wont start up ..i have run the start up repair and there is no faults.

Also tried system restore and still no joy !!

 

Its windows vista if thats any help.

 

i really need the laptop to be working as it has all my coursework on it

[lotusless]

thats weird mrs L my laptop wont shut down!! its driving me mad

[banarama]

THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FROST

[Mrs O/H/C]

THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FROST

 

and .........................???

[Vista]

Have you tried starting it in safe mode?

[banarama]

THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FROST

 

and .........................???

[FROZE] I WISH I COULD HELP I ONY NO THE BASIC

[flyingbanana]

Have you tried starting it in safe mode?

 

just about to say that my self....press F8 to get into safe mode when booting up....also do you see the windows vista logo come up and does it get passed that part?

[Mrs O/H/C]

Wont even start in safe mode ...and no vista logo

[Vista]

Wont even start in safe mode ...and no vista logo

 

So how did you get into it to run start up repair / system restore?

[Mrs O/H/C]

Black screen with the option of start normally or launch system repair

 

Tried all of that with no joy ...so pressed f8 and got up all options like safe mode...safe mode with networking etc

 

But still will not start up

[banarama]

SOUND LIKE A NEW ONE NEEDED

[Mrs O/H/C]

SOUND LIKE A NEW ONE NEEDED

 

You are being very helpful today !!

[redrocket]

are there any usb disks or memory cards plugged in? sometimes if set to boot from these it can try eternally to boot from those instead of the internal disk. otherwise sounds like you might have some broken hardware.

[Mrs O/H/C]

No discs in ....and no memory stick BUT i did use a memory stick for the first time in this p,c the other day (dont know if that has any bearing on it)

 

It has been working fine until it froze this morning, i shut it down and it wont boot up since

[Badgerman85]

No discs in ....and no memory stick BUT i did use a memory stick for the first time in this p,c the other day (dont know if that has any bearing on it)

 

It has been working fine until it froze this morning, i shut it down and it wont boot up since

 

theres probably some bad sectors on the disk, its easily fixable with chkdsk but youll need a windows vista cd to boot up off!