Hi, It may be hard drive hardware problem. I have had quite a few new drives dying after a few weeks and the computers then acting strangely.
Maybe you could try booting a Linux-on-cd or some other OS to see if the hardware works? You might also want to connect the hard drive to another computer as a second drive (maybe one running Windows XP) and test it there. One thing about Vista: my 3 year old HP Business laptop does the same at some boots, but works fine about 95% of the other boots. The computer reads the hard drive for some time at boot, but then only a blinking cursor (display in text mode) in the top left corner. This also happens sometimes after resume from hibernation. All what I need to do to fix this is a reboot. I have heard of similar problems from others, so this kind of behaviour is normal for Vista in some cases, not necessarily a hardware problem after all. My version is Vista Business. I would update the bios first to see if there is a problem with it. A lot of computers need bios updates to successfully run Vista. I think it is a problem with Vista unsuccessfully initializing the display card for some reason and then hang. Maybe a display driver compatibility problem. Hope this helps, Antti-Pekka ________________________________________ Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy R&D Turku www.computec.fi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:26 AM > To: PDML@pdml.net > Subject: Computer help! > > My computer is fracked up again, though this time I've been able to at > least > recover my data with relative ease. > > I really need help: my computer won't boot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
