boot problems

Hi all, First post so excuse any mistakes I may make. I am also a complete techno-phobe so will need a dummies guide for any information you may need/anything I can do to fix it! Sorry! I'm using a Toshiba Satellite laptop with Windows 7 and have recently been getting BSOD errors every...

Hi all, A few weeks ago I started having blue screen problems, freezing mostly when I play computer games, sometimes when the computer is idle. I have had a number of different error messages, the most common being IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, I have also had SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION...

Iinstalled a newly purchased w7 professional on an older computer, upgrading from xp - yes I followed all the instructions. after installation I went on line and registered the product. It worked for about 5 hours when i shut the computer off for the night. the next morning when I booted the...

Hellooo!!! Those are the problems that I get on my Win 7... First, when I turn on my laptop (HP Pavilion dv6000), after the part that is you can choose F10/F12/etc it stucks there for 1min and then a page comes and says: Operating System not found. but I should restart it many times till...

My computer will not get past the file checking screen where it stops the countdown at 1 and does nothing. No matter what I press it won't boot up, it always freezes and does nothing. I went into startup options, and did every diagnostic test there, all came up 100% Ok, that took over 6 hours...

I have an issue with Win 7 going BSOD about 30 seconds after a boot, but the error code changes each time it happens. It did this before with 2 different installs of Windows Vista and now its doing it with 7. Could this be a hardware issue? Everything seems to be working fine as far as hardware...

Hello guys, im new here, and trying to get used with the forum :) So, what's my PC's problem ? I just format my HDD, installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64, like my previous OS. After everything was ok, i said "oh, let's get updating!" - so i start Windows Update and start installing everything was...

Hi guys, I have a problem with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 setup and it's quite frustrating. Before I explain what is happening let me give you my system specifications CPU: Intel Core i7 870 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 rev 2.0 Ram: Excelram 2x2GB Red Culvert 1600 mhz Disk: Seagate Barracuda...

Hi, This morning i installed w7. all fine until i restarted. after the windows is starting up (with the new icon) at the moment i should see the login page, the screen goes black. no mouse pointer no nothin' however sometimes i does work, but i'm not sure WHEN it works. i did all the startup...

I understand it is poor netiquette to cross-post. What if I am unsure about in which forum I should post? For example, I have a boot-up problem which produces the Blue Screen of Death, so I posted it in the BSOD forum. but there might be (I haven't yet found it), for example, a "Boot-up...

Hello, Guys, I must have a solution for that because I'm treating with this installation for about a week (and a lot of re-installations). I'm trying to install Win7 on my PC. I'm getting a black screen right before the language screen is suppose to be shown. This is happen right at the...

Hello Everyone, i turn on my PC window starts to load up it bring up the windows 7 desktop without any icons including the start button then stops, then the startup recovery dail-log box comes up but fails to fix the problem. Please help on a way to fix this problem

I run Vista Home Premium on my Dell XPS M1330 (Alienware) laptop. Since my previous install ran into trouble, I completely formatted and re-installed the laptop. History: I used to run this Vista version, then did an upgrade to Windows 7 Home. Aside from some driver problems, this ran...

At some point this morning, it seems one of my hard drives crashed, and with that went my O/S since it was installed on one of the partitions of that drive. Fine. All works out, I just reinstall windows. Wrong. When I put in the boot disk, I have a few problems. This first one, when I am in...

I have been having issues with my PC freezing. I just started using Windows 7 after my PC crashed couple weeks ago. I was using Vista 64x but when it crashed I wiped and put Win7 64x on here. The PC freezes mainly when I play Starcraft 2. I can play the game for about five minutes or so...

Really tired and stressed from this computer. I feel it is nearly just time to take it to my local computer shop and get them to deal with it, Wipe, Fix - Whatever it takes. I have tried, System Restore, Chkdsk's and Repairs. irql_not_less_or_equal is the main BSOD showing up now...

I have read most of the posts about Windows 7 and how it no longer has Boot.ini. I am having a problem with my pc and I have tried everything. So... now I am posting for help. Info: This is originally a Dell Desktop that came with Windows xp home edition. A few years back, we installed and...

I have a Lenovo G530, Windows 7, only a couple months old. It used to shut down within 15 seconds. 2 weeks ago it started acting up - it will not shut down - it will stay at the shutdown screen for 10-45 minutes, and eventually restart itself, and then when I try to shut it down after that -...

Hi everyone, I just did a clean restore on my PC because I thought the issue was a virus or something. After a clean install of Windows 7, I'm still getting the following errors (which I had before my restore as well): - computer wouldn't start up, stuck at motherboard logo screen or "starting...

Really fun things happen if your laptop falls off the bed while you're asleep. In Windows, I can no longer log off/reboot/shut down normally (Linux, however, is fine). Also, if I put my laptop to sleep in Windows, it will inexplicably refuse to wake up (again, Linux can wake up just fine...