DELL Inspiron 1525 with Vista Not Starting Windows...

Hello,

I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
stating:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows Error Recovery

You have two options:

Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
Launch Windows Normally

When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
(perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?

Thanks
Sam

 

From what I can gather, it maybe a hard drive problem. It maybe going bad,
or gone bad. When some drives go bad they take forever to read because
they're constantly trying to recover from a errors. RMA it, if it's still
under warrantee.


<samadams_2006@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:cc815535-6e18-4d54-bf4e-2b6bce940a08@o18g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Hello,
>
> I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
> yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
> stating:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Windows Error Recovery
>
> You have two options:
>
> Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
> Launch Windows Normally
>
> When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
> Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
> status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
> (perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
> brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
> something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.
>
> Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?
>
> Thanks
> Sam <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

On Sat, 30 May 2009 11:06:55 -0700 (PDT), samadams_2006@yahoo.ca
wrote:
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>Hello,
>
>I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
>yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
>stating:
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Windows Error Recovery
>
>You have two options:
>
>Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
>Launch Windows Normally
>
>When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
>Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
>status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
>(perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
>brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
>something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.
>
>Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?
>
>Thanks
>Sam<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

How was it shut down ; you may have corrupt files .

 

Sam, I had the same problem yesterday. I left it overnight doing the
Startup Repair even though it didn't seem to be doing anything (The hard
drive light wasn't flickering). This morning it was still going & it
wouldn't let me cancel it, so I used the power button and shut it down.
When I restarted it and chose to Launch Windows Normally like you I got
the progress bar for quite a while, but it then went into chkdsk. Once
this had been completed it shut down and restarted , before doing chkdsk
again, although ckkdsk was quicker this time. It did this one more time
before the logon screen finally came up and I was able to log on
normally. I'm not really sure about what I may have done to get it
working again, but it seems fine now. It gave me a message that the
system had been restored to the 25th July.
Yesterday I went into safe mode by continually presssing F8 after
switching on and then I chose to do a system restore. At the time this
didn't seem to work , but maybe it had worked after all. My advice
would be to do this first and then do the Startup Repair as I did.
Hopefully it will work for you too. Good luck!


--
rubanseg

 

Sam,I was facing the same problem,but i restored as. press F8 at boot
for startup repair,If it solved, otherwise off the system and boot via
DVD Rom by selecting DVDrom as first boot sequence, simply by pressing
F12 at the time of boot and choose DVDrom to boot.Keep your original CD
of vista provided by Dell with the inspiron in the DVDrom before it will
boot via CDROM.fallow the on going steps and select repair my computer.
Your problem will be solved.


--
nisar6788

 

I'm having the same issue...Vista wil not start up, hangs, on the
"restart nornally", and goes back to the start up screen when I select
Repair.

Will I lose any pics or doc's I have on the HDD by reinstalling the
"Reinstallation DVD"? I have Windows Vista Home Basic 32Bit.

Please inform...Thanks


--
levirainer

 

Hi leviriner

Do a system restore frist.




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theog