jackpelter wrote:
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> I am having some problems regarding booting up my Advent laptop, it came
> pre - installed with Vista home premium. it just wont boot up anymore:(
> all i can do is access the bios screen, the handbook it came with gives
> me information to press F8 to enter system recovery but sadly this does
> nothing, but make a beep each time i press the key. The laptop is just
> out of its 12 month guarantee so could be costly to repair.
> I wonder if any one can shed some light on what i can do to solve this
> problem. I have even inserted a vista DVD that i have for my pc, but
> still can't get into system recovery or repair.[/color]

In the BIOS, do you see the hard drive? If you don't know what I'm talking
about, take the machine to a local computer professional and have them
diagnose it. If it is only that the hard drive has died, this is not a
hugely expensive repair/replacement. However, there is no way for anyone
who can't see your computer to be sure about what the root cause is.

Malke
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