On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:22:14 -0700, Mrjingjing wrote:
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> I recently bought an Acer Travelmate 5510 laptop that came pre-installed with
> Vista Home Premium. This morning when I tried to turn it on, i got a screen
> telling me Vista would not start correctly because of some sort of hrdware
> problem. Thankfully, there was an option to try and repair the problem,
> however when I click on this, I just get the same page, and if I try the
> other option which is to start windows normally it just crashes, then
> reboots, only for me to get the same screen again. My laptop is brand new,
> and there has been no previous faults on it, so i dont know what the problem
> is.
> Help appreciated,
> Jonathan Holmes
It could indeed be broken. If it was me, I'd attempt to boot a Linux Live
CD first just to see if I could identify any physical problems.