Acer Aspire 5580

focoma · 04-07-2007, 08:35 PM

Hi there,

I've been using my mom's company laptop ever since it was given to her last December. It's an Aspire 5580, 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 256 megs of RAM, running Windows XP SP2. Recently, the laptop started slowing down. And then this morning, after I tried shutting it down, it hanged. I pressed on the power button for a few seconds to forcefully power it off, but when I restarted it, Windows won't start-up anymore. At least, the loading screen became really, really slow.

I tried booting to the last good configuration, but nothing seemed to happen, so I restarted and selected Safe Mode. A bunch of lines appeared, all starting with "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS" plus a file path. The same thing happens during Safe Mode with Command Prompt. After a few minutes of this without anything happening, I gave up and switched the laptop off.

Is there a quick way to fix this without formatting? Otherwise I'll just reinstall Windows (which I hate doing because it takes too long :P).

Thanks for the help!

- Francis

**TheMatt** · 04-07-2007, 09:36 PM

Hi Francis,

It sounds like the Windows installation has been damaged. If you have a retail Windows XP CD, you can use that to perform a repair install of Windows XP, which won't delete the data.

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...exfullpage.htm

focoma · 04-08-2007, 03:19 AM

Thanks, TheMatt. I'll follow your advice after reading through the guide. Meanwhile, I have a few more details about my problem.

Remember how I said that the loading time became really slow (I'm talking about the black screen with a white loading bar at the bottom that appears before starting Windows; I've only seen it in this laptop)? I decided to wait it out. After probably five minutes, the load bar is just about full when a blue screen appeared and then the laptop automatically restarted.

Is there any common reason why these things happen? Is this normal for Windows laptops? Or is this a Windows thing? How can I avoid it? Ah, well. On to some OS repairing...

focoma · 04-08-2007, 05:12 AM

Sorry for double-posting, but I can't edit my post anymore.

"Repairing" the OS didn't work. I've decided to just reinstall Windows. I'll report the result of the reinstall later.

blo · 07-05-2008, 01:29 PM

1/ Can anyone point me toward the "Service" Manual for:
Acer Aspire 5582 (5580 Series)...
2/ And could someone tell me why it's not listed in Acer website support? (Does it come under another model no.)!
Many Thanks in anticipation... All the best - Blo.

04-07-2007, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
focoma Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Acer Aspire 5580 Hi there, I've been using my mom's company laptop ever since it was given to her last December. It's an Aspire 5580, 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 256 megs of RAM, running Windows XP SP2. Recently, the laptop started slowing down. And then this morning, after I tried shutting it down, it hanged. I pressed on the power button for a few seconds to forcefully power it off, but when I restarted it, Windows won't start-up anymore. At least, the loading screen became really, really slow. I tried booting to the last good configuration, but nothing seemed to happen, so I restarted and selected Safe Mode. A bunch of lines appeared, all starting with "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS" plus a file path. The same thing happens during Safe Mode with Command Prompt. After a few minutes of this without anything happening, I gave up and switched the laptop off. Is there a quick way to fix this without formatting? Otherwise I'll just reinstall Windows (which I hate doing because it takes too long :P). Thanks for the help! - Francis Last edited by focoma; 04-07-2007 at 08:50 PM. Reason: clarification

04-07-2007, 09:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Acer Aspire 5580 Hi Francis, It sounds like the Windows installation has been damaged. If you have a retail Windows XP CD, you can use that to perform a repair install of Windows XP, which won't delete the data. http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...exfullpage.htm __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-08-2007, 03:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
focoma Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Re: Acer Aspire 5580 Thanks, TheMatt. I'll follow your advice after reading through the guide. Meanwhile, I have a few more details about my problem. Remember how I said that the loading time became really slow (I'm talking about the black screen with a white loading bar at the bottom that appears before starting Windows; I've only seen it in this laptop)? I decided to wait it out. After probably five minutes, the load bar is just about full when a blue screen appeared and then the laptop automatically restarted. Is there any common reason why these things happen? Is this normal for Windows laptops? Or is this a Windows thing? How can I avoid it? Ah, well. On to some OS repairing... Last edited by focoma; 04-08-2007 at 03:20 AM.

04-08-2007, 05:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
focoma Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Re: Acer Aspire 5580 Sorry for double-posting, but I can't edit my post anymore. "Repairing" the OS didn't work. I've decided to just reinstall Windows. I'll report the result of the reinstall later.

07-05-2008, 01:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
blo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro SP2	Re: Acer Aspire 5580 1/ Can anyone point me toward the "Service" Manual for: Acer Aspire 5582 (5580 Series)... 2/ And could someone tell me why it's not listed in Acer website support? (Does it come under another model no.)! Many Thanks in anticipation... All the best - Blo.