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- May 1, 2009
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- Hampshire, UK
Hi guys
Thought i'd ask if people if they could help identify the problem i'm having.
Recently my gf came to me with her laptop saying it wouldn't boot. When the power button is pressed it will power up and all the fans will start, then no load screen will show and the laptop will reboot itself. It continues to do this for a while but eventually (if i'm lucky) it decides to boot to log in screen.
I've tried doing a standard restore and a start up restore. I'm seriously considering reinstalling Windows, but if anyone can give any suggestions that'd be ace.
Also a little side question: If I do decide to reinstall Windows, if i insert my version of vista home edition into the laptop and just use the laptops given serial key, will Windows still install or will it throw a ****storm? (she didn't get a vista disk with the laptop for some reason, i thought when you bought pre-installed vista on a new laptop/pc it was standard to get a disk...)
Thought i'd ask if people if they could help identify the problem i'm having.
Recently my gf came to me with her laptop saying it wouldn't boot. When the power button is pressed it will power up and all the fans will start, then no load screen will show and the laptop will reboot itself. It continues to do this for a while but eventually (if i'm lucky) it decides to boot to log in screen.
I've tried doing a standard restore and a start up restore. I'm seriously considering reinstalling Windows, but if anyone can give any suggestions that'd be ace.
Also a little side question: If I do decide to reinstall Windows, if i insert my version of vista home edition into the laptop and just use the laptops given serial key, will Windows still install or will it throw a ****storm? (she didn't get a vista disk with the laptop for some reason, i thought when you bought pre-installed vista on a new laptop/pc it was standard to get a disk...)