Hi,
I'm just wondering if anyone can help me. I'm self-taught with computers for the most part (basic knowledge) and have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with either Vista Home or Vista Home Premium (not sure which).
I was watching a programme online and noticed my other open windows seemed to have frozen (the cursor was doing the busy rotating "o" symbol and when I attempted to bring up the other windows nothing happened). Ultimately even the window I had open froze so I tried CTRL-ALT-DELETE to open Task Manager. Nothing happened. I turned off my laptop and turned it back on. I selected "Start Windows Normally" and got as far as the Microsoft Corporation page with the loading bar...but the Windows logo never appeared. After about 10 mins I freaked out and turned off my laptop again. Tried turning it on again, was given the option of Startup Repair. Chose this option, but still ended up at the Microsoft Corporation page with a futile loading bar as if nothing had happened. Any ideas what's wrong? Have tried selecting Vista as operating system from Setup Menu, but still nada.
Please please please help if you can, I'm in second term of final year in college and freaking out at the thought of losing most of my notes from the first term, as well as photos etc!
I'm just wondering if anyone can help me. I'm self-taught with computers for the most part (basic knowledge) and have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with either Vista Home or Vista Home Premium (not sure which).
I was watching a programme online and noticed my other open windows seemed to have frozen (the cursor was doing the busy rotating "o" symbol and when I attempted to bring up the other windows nothing happened). Ultimately even the window I had open froze so I tried CTRL-ALT-DELETE to open Task Manager. Nothing happened. I turned off my laptop and turned it back on. I selected "Start Windows Normally" and got as far as the Microsoft Corporation page with the loading bar...but the Windows logo never appeared. After about 10 mins I freaked out and turned off my laptop again. Tried turning it on again, was given the option of Startup Repair. Chose this option, but still ended up at the Microsoft Corporation page with a futile loading bar as if nothing had happened. Any ideas what's wrong? Have tried selecting Vista as operating system from Setup Menu, but still nada.
Please please please help if you can, I'm in second term of final year in college and freaking out at the thought of losing most of my notes from the first term, as well as photos etc!