If your PC boots up but doesn’t load windows, then it might have simply been shut down without using the shutdown facility provided. Or it may have had a catastrophic failure on the part of the hardware such as the IDE/SATA controller or even the hard drive itself. To fix the first scenario, simply press F7 and select safe mode from the command line menu and follow all in-screen instructions. Some files or system drivers get damaged by such events so have the driver cd’s at hand. Once the check disk facility finishes, you should be able to gain access to your PC normally. If it still won’t load properly, try shutting down and re-starting for there might be some corrupted programs that need to be restored. Try getting the windows installation CD’s and re-install windows to restore all the damaged system files.
A stern warning to laptop users, these mobile computers of today seldom have installation cd’s that used to ship with them, instead they use a separate partition on the hard drive itself to store all the necessary drivers, software and other files to support your specific computer. So take heed and do the recovery disk creation process described in your user’s manual, it’s sure to save you a ton in costs of having to re-order them and shipped just to bring your computer/laptop back to life!
