White Knight123
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Hey there.
Just been given a laptop from someone to see if I can do anything with it. Basically when trying to boot into windows, it will get as far as the logon screen, and from there it just hangs. It does however boot into safe mode, although it takes a long time to get into it. Tried changing startup programs and reinstalling drivers with no luck.
I then thought of reinstalling windows but I have a few problems. Firstly the laptop is Vista home basic, I only have the Home Premium CD. However the laptop has a recovery partition. So I press F8 when the computer turns on, get into the advanced options and select "Repair your computer" which after looking around seems to be how to access it. Thing is it does nothing. No repair screen like others have, it just boots up as normal.
So really, I'm wondering is there any other way of accessing that, or installing windows.
Thanks
Just been given a laptop from someone to see if I can do anything with it. Basically when trying to boot into windows, it will get as far as the logon screen, and from there it just hangs. It does however boot into safe mode, although it takes a long time to get into it. Tried changing startup programs and reinstalling drivers with no luck.
I then thought of reinstalling windows but I have a few problems. Firstly the laptop is Vista home basic, I only have the Home Premium CD. However the laptop has a recovery partition. So I press F8 when the computer turns on, get into the advanced options and select "Repair your computer" which after looking around seems to be how to access it. Thing is it does nothing. No repair screen like others have, it just boots up as normal.
So really, I'm wondering is there any other way of accessing that, or installing windows.
Thanks