[SOLVED] Acer Aspire won't boot

plapla74 · 04-01-2008, 11:11 PM

I am assuming at this point that i have either hit up with one heck of a virus or my computer just crashed.

I have an Acer Aspire 5610Z that is running Microsoft Vista Home Premium for an OS. Tonight while surfing, the computer froze using IE. Did a hard reboot and now it won't reboot at all. Goes to the acer main screen and stays there with the task bar at a little over halfway. I tried F2 to get to the setup screen, just freezes on please wait. I tried Alt-F10 to get to the recovery mode, that didn't work either. I tried putting a backup disk i created and it did me no good as the computer is still trying to boot from the hard disk first. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially as it looks like my warranty just expired.

Thanks!

al616 · 04-02-2008, 09:27 AM

I doubt it's a virus. Not sure what you mean by "setup screen" but hopefully you can get to your bios screen ? If so you can try changing the bootup sequence.

If not it may have to be sent in & repaired.

plapla74 · 04-02-2008, 10:01 AM

I cannot get to the Bios screen so there is no way that i know of for me to change the bootup sequence to go the CD drive first.

dai · 04-02-2008, 11:58 AM

tap f8 when booting and from the options try
last known good configuration

plapla74 · 04-02-2008, 12:57 PM

That didn't work either. Still stuck in the same spot.

dai · 04-02-2008, 01:10 PM

d/load and run the hard drive makers diognostic utility on the hard drive
if you cannot get it to boot from the cd you may be able to slave the drive on another computer to run it
if you know how to reset the cmos on it try a reset

plapla74 · 04-02-2008, 08:14 PM

friend of mine is helping me out ... we're going to see how your suggestion works. I'll let you know.

Thanks for all of the responses.

plapla74 · 04-05-2008, 09:19 PM

Turned out to be a bad hard drive. Pulled out the old hard drive and we could get to the bios screen. Replaced the hard drive and everything is good to go. Now off to find drivers.

Thanks again for all of the suggestions and help.

dai · 04-06-2008, 06:40 AM

glad you have it sorted

04-01-2008, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
plapla74 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 OS: vista	[SOLVED] Acer Aspire won't boot I am assuming at this point that i have either hit up with one heck of a virus or my computer just crashed. I have an Acer Aspire 5610Z that is running Microsoft Vista Home Premium for an OS. Tonight while surfing, the computer froze using IE. Did a hard reboot and now it won't reboot at all. Goes to the acer main screen and stays there with the task bar at a little over halfway. I tried F2 to get to the setup screen, just freezes on please wait. I tried Alt-F10 to get to the recovery mode, that didn't work either. I tried putting a backup disk i created and it did me no good as the computer is still trying to boot from the hard disk first. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially as it looks like my warranty just expired. Thanks!

04-02-2008, 09:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
al616 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: wash dc , usa Posts: 80 OS: XP-Pro sp2 & Vista sp1	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot I doubt it's a virus. Not sure what you mean by "setup screen" but hopefully you can get to your bios screen ? If so you can try changing the bootup sequence. If not it may have to be sent in & repaired.

04-02-2008, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
plapla74 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 OS: vista	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot I cannot get to the Bios screen so there is no way that i know of for me to change the bootup sequence to go the CD drive first.

04-02-2008, 11:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot tap f8 when booting and from the options try last known good configuration __________________

04-02-2008, 12:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
plapla74 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 OS: vista	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot That didn't work either. Still stuck in the same spot.

04-02-2008, 01:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot d/load and run the hard drive makers diognostic utility on the hard drive if you cannot get it to boot from the cd you may be able to slave the drive on another computer to run it if you know how to reset the cmos on it try a reset __________________

04-02-2008, 08:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
plapla74 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 OS: vista	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot friend of mine is helping me out ... we're going to see how your suggestion works. I'll let you know. Thanks for all of the responses.

04-05-2008, 09:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
plapla74 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 OS: vista	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot Turned out to be a bad hard drive. Pulled out the old hard drive and we could get to the bios screen. Replaced the hard drive and everything is good to go. Now off to find drivers. Thanks again for all of the suggestions and help.

04-06-2008, 06:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Acer Aspire won't boot glad you have it sorted __________________