Hello, I would really appreciate input or help.
I am unable to get my laptop to start up. One of three things will happen. If I power the computer on without holding any buttons I get the acer "explore beyond limits" screen with a little loading wheel that rotates for about a minute before the screen goes dark. If I power the computer on while holding F8 I get the same acer screen but it says Preparing Automatic Repair underneath that. This stays on for about 10 seconds until disappearing, and after about another 30 seconds the backlight turns off. If I hold alt+10 I get the acer screen briefly, which flashes to a resized acer screen with the load wheel and a Please wait message underneath. Then the screen goes black. What can I do to get the computer to a workable state? Is there a way to reset everything?
One time after about 10 minutes post "alt+F10" a screen came on for a second, just long enough for me to read "encountered a problem" among other text. I don't know if that helps.
I am unable to get my laptop to start up. One of three things will happen. If I power the computer on without holding any buttons I get the acer "explore beyond limits" screen with a little loading wheel that rotates for about a minute before the screen goes dark. If I power the computer on while holding F8 I get the same acer screen but it says Preparing Automatic Repair underneath that. This stays on for about 10 seconds until disappearing, and after about another 30 seconds the backlight turns off. If I hold alt+10 I get the acer screen briefly, which flashes to a resized acer screen with the load wheel and a Please wait message underneath. Then the screen goes black. What can I do to get the computer to a workable state? Is there a way to reset everything?
One time after about 10 minutes post "alt+F10" a screen came on for a second, just long enough for me to read "encountered a problem" among other text. I don't know if that helps.