Hi All,
My computer was working perfectly last night, I had an update to install (not sure which but Windows had downloaded it for me), so I shut down the PC and let the update install.
Now however, I'm unable to boot the computer, the majority of the time I get a black screen regardless of if I boot in safe mode or not during one attempted boot I saw a BIOS error message.
Is there anyway I can try a different way of booting, or reinstall files/the whole OS from the Vista disks?
My specs are: Intel i7 920, 6GB RAM, Nvidia 260.
The computer makes all the usual sounds - fans getting loud then quite etc, but I can't here the Vista sounds nor can I see a picture AFTER the initial motherboard/boot options screen.
Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT - Or so he says, after about 10 minutes of waiting for safe mode boot, it's come to life and is configuring updates. I'll let you know if I have any more difficulties.
Cheers,
Sam
My computer was working perfectly last night, I had an update to install (not sure which but Windows had downloaded it for me), so I shut down the PC and let the update install.
Now however, I'm unable to boot the computer, the majority of the time I get a black screen regardless of if I boot in safe mode or not during one attempted boot I saw a BIOS error message.
Is there anyway I can try a different way of booting, or reinstall files/the whole OS from the Vista disks?
My specs are: Intel i7 920, 6GB RAM, Nvidia 260.
The computer makes all the usual sounds - fans getting loud then quite etc, but I can't here the Vista sounds nor can I see a picture AFTER the initial motherboard/boot options screen.
Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT - Or so he says, after about 10 minutes of waiting for safe mode boot, it's come to life and is configuring updates. I'll let you know if I have any more difficulties.
Cheers,
Sam
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