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Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:23:40 GMT

I have put a new h/drive and reinstalled windows vista, all seems ok BUT....when the laptop boots, just before the load screen appears, to get it to boot any further I have to press enter, or one of the other keys!

This happen just as the microsoft corporation and the load icon appears...

If anyone could help I could use the advise - model no is VGN-NS30E

Thank you in advance

Andy..

let me also say thank you for the help I recieved the other day, I felt a real div but now know where to look for the model no

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Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:00:30 GMT

Hi Andy,

This may be a longshot but try resetting the BIOS to defaults - tap F2 at boot to enter BIOS settings.

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:19:12 GMT

Thanks for that, but still the same I'm afraid, bit of a mystery that one

Cheers for your help tho

Andy..

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:32:46 GMT

Hi Andy,

Mystery indeed!

Is there any disk activity (flashing LED) prior to having to press a key to proceed and is there any message?

It may be that a system file is missing or currupt and pressing a key aborts the search. If so a Startup Repair may help.

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/topics/solutions/29758

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:44:46 GMT

Led is flashing, no messages tho, have done 2 clean installations now and both have done the same thing!

Got a mind of its own I think

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:52:47 GMT

Hi Andy,

Does it boot successfully in Safe Mode? Tap F8 at boot for this option.

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:03:17 GMT

yes indeed,I did try that one..

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:13:43 GMT

In that case it would seem that at normal startup there is either a driver missing or currupt or a service that for some reason is unable to start.

Troubleshooting can be time consuming but I suggest you start by trying a selective startup.

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Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:19:58 GMT

Ok, will see what I can do, thanks for your time and advice

Andy

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:23:14 GMT

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:41:25 GMT

Quick update..... Just before the microsoft screen starts to appear, a clicking noise comes out of the speaker!

Its not the hard drive cos I made sure before posting this.

One other thing, when everything is loaded, if you try to open one of the d/top icons, it only wants to open the bottom icon of the list!

If you then use the arrow keys to go up and highlight various other icons, it will then srat to work!

I think this laptop is possessed

Andy..

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:37:43 GMT

Hi Andy,

Does this also happen in safe mode?

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:20:42 GMT

Errrr, no it didnt do it when booting in safe mode..

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

rich912 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:30:27 GMT

In that case I suspect that the system is working overtime after normal boot while trying to sort out a driver or service problem.

As suggested previously - try the selective startup troubleshooting procedure.

You could also have a look in Device Manager for any problem devices - they will have a yellow bang warning symbol .

Rich

Re: Boot Up Mystery!!

adw1705 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:09:06 GMT

Will do, thanks again for all your help

Andy..