Computer Start-up Errors.?

Question

Ok folks,

So i have a problem on my hands.. My laptop won't start up completely. What i mean by this is that it will go through with its normal processes (loading boot files, running windows start-up, etc.) HOWEVER, about 13 seconds after the boot has finished (i am at the login menu) it just shuts down.

I have never had this sort of error before, and i think a Trojan Horse may be at work here. I did run a full system scan the night before and it came up with one Trojan Horse, which it had failed to remove. I ignored it because the threat was deemed as "Low". The next day (today) when i started it up i was presented with an error message "Your computer failed to come out of hibernation" and it displayed what i presumed to be a corrupt registry file. I ignored this.

I have also done may things in an attempt to repair the issue, i started it up in safe mode, which seemed to work fine, and restored it to around a month ago. To no avail. Then i ran windows under system repair mode and scanned for start-up errors and none were found. My security settings also seem to have been hi-jacked as far as i can tell, in safe mode the windows firewall kept turning itself off.

SO THEN. My question to you brilliant IT pro's out there is, how do i go about fixing this? I think i may have to restore all of my system files eventually. Unless of course there is some easy way to bypass and correct the error. Which i am sure there is.

Answer 1

Well, I'm not a 'Brilliant IT Pro', but, I may be able to solve your problem.



Option 1: This is the option if you know where the trojan horse is.



Step 1: Download an Ubuntu live CD @ ubuntu.com. You'll need another computer so that you can burn the CD.



Step 2: On the computer with problems, boot from the CD. To do this, edit your BIOS (that's where all your pre-boot system settings are) to make your computer boot up from your CD drive first. (what you're editing is the boot order). Look for "boot order" or something similar.



Step 3: When you boot up from the CD (It might take a while, as it's booting up from the CD alone), click "Try Ubuntu". When it loads, connect to your Internet connection.



Step 4: Mount your problem HD. Find the Trojan horse, and delete it. Alternately, you could connect to the Internet and find an online computer scanning service.



Option 2: This lets you burn a Windows Recovery Disk.



Step 1: Go to http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ to download an ISO torrent. You will need a torrent downloader. One is available at http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/download .



Step 2: Insert a blank CD. Burn the ISO file.



Step 3: On the computer with problems, boot from the CD. To do this, edit your BIOS (that's where all your pre-boot system settings are) to make your computer boot up from your CD drive first. (what you're editing is the boot order). Look for "boot order" or something similar.



Step 4: Choose your locale and click "Continue". Find the minuscule "Repair your computer" button in the bottom left-hand corner.



Step 5: Click your windows installation. After that, choose something that sounds appealing.





That's what I think..... Tell me if it works!

Answer 2

This is an primary File which will have to of been loaded while 'Windows Disc' was once initiated within the begining. I had this quandary on a few instances, sadly, it was once handiest resolved by means of reloading the entire programme once more(XP, in my case). Perhaps simply re-introducing the disc even as Booting could support ? Good success

Answer 3

When it is first booting up, look for BIOS or settings and press the corresponding button on your keyboard (Usually F12). Then look for settings and run full error scan. If it cant fix anything then you have to restore to factory default (another option)

Answer 4

Try booting into safe mode and see if it does it. it could actually just simply be a powersupply thats failing and nothing malicious at all.