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Acre aspire one won't load

Blubottle
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Posted October 21, 2012 at 11:43AM

Hi, I have an Acer aspire one notebook loaded with XP, the problem is that the boot sequence halts whilst I the first xp splash screen the blue progress bar moves but after about 30 secs it goes to a black error screen informing my that windows has not loaded properly and I am given the option of choosing how to start windows, ie safe mode, last known config, normally. What ever option is chosen this sequence starts all over again with no,progress, I cannot get into the bias to change boot sequence so the option of booting from a loaded USB drive is' not there . Any advice please

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onthelimit1

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 11:49AM

Have you tried F2 during boot to get into BIOS? Your symptoms suggest a corrupt OS to me.

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lotvic

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 12:20PM

Does holding down Alt and pressing (keep tapping) F10 as you first boot up, bring up the recovery menu with options to choose from? There might be a repair files option there.

Using Acer eRecovery Management. You can launch Acer eRecovery Management in a number of ways:

  • By pressing the hotkey + during the boot-up process, or at any time when you are running Microsoft Windows.

  • From the Start menu, go to Start > (All) Programs > Empowering Technology > Acer eRecovery Management.

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lotvic

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 12:22PM

hotkey + = hold down Alt and press F10

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WhiteTruckMan

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 12:30PM

Start with F2 to get into bios and load defaulkt settings.

WTM

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Jock1e

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 12:33PM

Would changing the keyboard and mouse to SP2 help.I know I had that problem on a none dell computer using a dell keyboard.

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Jock1e

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 12:34PM

Ignore that that was for a desktop and not a notebook.

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Blubottle

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 1:11PM

I have tried all your suggestion's before I posted hoping I had missed something, I cannot get into the bios so I can't change boot sequence therefore I can't try and load from a USB drive. Something has fallen over or became corrupted. Unless someone comes up with a magic solution It looks like a new hard drive pre-installed.

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lotvic

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 1:30PM

Have you tried booting up with the usb drive already in? It might then appear as an option in the menu you get.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 4:11PM

If you do not need to recover anything from the drive

DIY Acer Aspire One Recovery USB Device http://www.dailycupoftech.com/2008/09/02/diy-acer-aspire-one-recovery-usb-device/

Acer Recovery Instructions

  1. Power on the machine
  2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the “Alt” key and press the “F10” key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery
  3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click “Restore to Factory Default Settings”
  4. Click “OK” to continue
  5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C: drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10 minutes).
  6. Once eRecovery has run, press “OK” to reboot unit
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lotvic

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Posted October 21, 2012 at 4:17PM

Blubottle, are you saying Alt + F10 don't bring up eRecovery menu? You have to catch it at just the right second during the boot up (as per Fruit Bat /\0/\'s post) so keep trying until you hit the right spot.

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