Boot Up Mystery!!

[adw1705]

I have put a new h/drive and reinstalled windows vista, all seems ok BUT....when the laptop boots, just before the load screen appears, to get it to boot any further I have to press enter, or one of the other keys!

This happen just as the microsoft corporation and the load icon appears...

If anyone could help I could use the advise - model no is VGN-NS30E

Thank you in advance

Andy..

let me also say thank you for the help I recieved the other day, I felt a real div but now know where to look for the model no

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[rich912]

Hi Andy,

This may be a longshot but try resetting the BIOS to defaults - tap F2 at boot to enter BIOS settings.

Rich

[adw1705]

Thanks for that, but still the same I'm afraid, bit of a mystery that one

Cheers for your help tho

Andy..

[rich912]

Hi Andy,

Mystery indeed!

Is there any disk activity (flashing LED) prior to having to press a key to proceed and is there any message?

It may be that a system file is missing or currupt and pressing a key aborts the search. If so a Startup Repair may help.

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/topics/solutions/29758

Rich

[adw1705]

Led is flashing, no messages tho, have done 2 clean installations now and both have done the same thing!

Got a mind of its own I think

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........

[rich912]

Hi Andy,

Does it boot successfully in Safe Mode? Tap F8 at boot for this option.

Rich

[adw1705]

yes indeed,I did try that one..

[rich912]

In that case it would seem that at normal startup there is either a driver missing or currupt or a service that for some reason is unable to start.

Troubleshooting can be time consuming but I suggest you start by trying a selective startup.

https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1346361049&rver=6.1.6206.0&wp=LBI_SSL&wre...

Rich

[adw1705]

Ok, will see what I can do, thanks for your time and advice

Andy

[rich912]

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Rich