Ok so I've been dealing with this problem for the last 3 mos and it's beyond annoying. I'm sorry if this is a repeated topic but I stumbled onto this forum and I hope I'll be able to get some help here goes....
I have a Gateway MT6821 laptop with Vista 32 bit SP1 installed.
When I power on the start up screen with the "Gateway" logo the bar at the bottom loads half way and then shuts off. It does this repeatedly even though I've disabled the auto restart. I usually go through pressing F8 100 times before getting to the startup options. Then I usually select "Last known start up" or something to that effect. Sometimes it works and Vista will start sometimes the system will just shut off again. I've tried to do startup repair with the system recovery disc. It will say loading windows files and shut off when it gets to the blinking cursor. Sometimes it will reach the cursor and a bunch of crazy characters will appear at the top of the screen and will stay frozen until I restart the system. I've even gotten messages saying "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum". I've tried everything I can think from uninstalling 3 mos worth of updates to trying to update drivers. The oddest thing is that I'm not able to load the system recovery disc like I've done in the past.
I have a Gateway MT6821 laptop with Vista 32 bit SP1 installed.
When I power on the start up screen with the "Gateway" logo the bar at the bottom loads half way and then shuts off. It does this repeatedly even though I've disabled the auto restart. I usually go through pressing F8 100 times before getting to the startup options. Then I usually select "Last known start up" or something to that effect. Sometimes it works and Vista will start sometimes the system will just shut off again. I've tried to do startup repair with the system recovery disc. It will say loading windows files and shut off when it gets to the blinking cursor. Sometimes it will reach the cursor and a bunch of crazy characters will appear at the top of the screen and will stay frozen until I restart the system. I've even gotten messages saying "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum". I've tried everything I can think from uninstalling 3 mos worth of updates to trying to update drivers. The oddest thing is that I'm not able to load the system recovery disc like I've done in the past.
