startup problems

Ok, I just bought this computer, a Dell Inspiron. And I have had it for 3 days. I set it up one night, then went to bed. Woke up, went to work, came home, and logged in. What it said was "Logging in" usually it says welcome, then it said "Preparing desktop". Which is what happened on set up. It...

Hi all. I have a Win 7 Ultimate running off boot camp on an intel 13" Macbook. When I choose the operating system at started (holding down alt), the Win 7 partition wont boot. It reports not being able to find the drive (the flashing gray folder with the question mark appears) However...

I am using windows 7 32 bit. Hp dv5 1050ei,core 2 duo, 3gb ram 2ghz. it was before vista on my laptopand i clean installed windows 7 and from last 2 months it was working fine but tonight when i was starting my laptop it doesnt started and it was black screen completely. i tried many times but...

I have Windows 7 (64 bit) installed. I mistakenly shut my computer down using the sleep button a week ago. When I press the start button on my computer, I can see/here the computer starting. I get several lights on steady on my keyboard but the mouse and the monitor never seem to work. I have...

Help! I just got my Windows7 upgrade in the mail yesterday and started the installation. After it got going I took off for the day, and when I got back the screen was black with only the cursor visible. I tried restarting, and got a screen telling me that startup was preparing the system for...

I'm a very un-knowledgeable user so please bare with me. I have been running Win 7 build 7100 since july/august perfectly. Just an hour ago I move my mouse (left comp on sleep mode all day) and it starts up but i hear an unusual beep. Go check it out and weird colorful blocks and giant...

Hey, this is my first post here because I haven't had a problem like this with Windows 7 before. I just bought a new computer a few weeks ago, already had Windows 7 loaded onto it. Today when I booted it up it got past the Windows logo and then gave me a black screen. It sounds like the...

My wife's 32 Bit Win 7 PC is intermittently freezing at the "windows is starting" splash screen. Normally I reset/reboot and it boots fine on the next attempt. Lately it has been taking more attempts in order to get it to boot properly. Any idea what might be causing this intermittent issue?

Alright i have a new new laptop and everything trust me the specs are more than good enough for win 7 im running win 7 64bit i was on utorrent and my whole laptop froze, nothing i could do, i had to hold the power button to power down then when i turned my pc back up after a couple of minutes...

I did a clean install on my HP desktop and it ran fine for the first few times I used it. I only had issues with the sound and wireless not being detected. I removed my Netgear wireless card and re-installed it and ran the setup to try and get Windows to recognize it. After I started the PC...

I successfully installed Windows 7 on my computer this week, but the computer sometimes loses contact with my Western Digital Mirror 2 terabyte hard drive. When this happens, I restart the computer, and the drive usually reappears. I contacted Western Digital support, and they said this drive...

I am using windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Windows Essentials are installed, it works fine then when I restart my computer it wont even open. The hour glass is on for a second then it wont open.

System is totally trashed. I cannot access restore, cmd, or any of the troubleshooters. Programs will not run and icons have disappeared on the start menu.

I have been trying to install the x86 RC version on my Netbook, a Vye S18. It went through the installation and various reboots until it said it was finished but now just hangs during the final reboot. I've tried safe mode, VGA 640, boot to command prompt - same thing. It does the Win7 logo...

hi there.. I just installed windows 7. After that I installed css, but if I launch it, it wont start up. Please help Best regards, Alex

Hi, I've got a belkin wireless usb adapter, and i need a driver for it. I've been download it from belkin.com but its not working. In the network and sharing center/change adapter settings its disabled and a i cant enable it , and the network diagnostic says there might be a problem with the...

I have an Acer Aspire One, But the boot screen doesn't show, And I know it's because of the 1024x600 resolution (requires at least a 1024x786) but does anyone know of a work around? I miss my boot screen :(:D

Every time I boot up my PC it tells me invalid system disk, please insert system disk and try again. I always have to use the windows 7 DVD to repair my OS. Does any one know the cause of this?

Hello, I just built my own computer and have installed vista on it. When I reboot my computer it loads like normal. The Windows Vista load bar appears, but after its done loading it blue screens and restarts my computer over and over again. I have no idea how to fix this. If anyone has any...