Help! I've accidentally dropped my laptop!
Unfortunately dropping a laptop can cause numerous problems, from scraping the case to smashing the screen. Many older laptops did have modular parts that can be replaced, but now newer and smaller laptops have almost everything integrated itself on the motherboard, so that they are very expensive to repair. In some cases, depending on the damage done and age of laptop, it can be cheaper to replace the whole laptop than have it repaired. But first of all you have to check all parts of your laptop.
My laptop won't boot up properly. What's going on?
There are many factors that can go wrong with the operating system and other software on laptops. These days many laptops have customised software installed according to a persons needs. Try to go into Safemode by pressing the F8 key on your keyboard when your laptop just run. After running with safemode try to do clean up your laptop using antivirus. And try to remove unnecessary software.
If the need arises to reformat the laptop, reinstall the operating system from the CDs or DVDs that were supplied with the laptop. Also make sure that the drivers CD's are available at the time of installation.
One of my drives has disappeared and I cannot see it in My Computer window. What should I do?
Suppose you turn on your computer and cannot see the CD-ROM or any other removable drives like DVD-ROM drive in the Computer window. This problem is common for laptop and notebook computers and this might be caused by a failed drive or by corrupted software.
Try the following :
You can check on Microsoft's website for the drivers available
Else try to install the drivers from the Drivers CD provided by the manufacturer.
My laptop won't boot up properly. What's going on?
There are many factors that can go wrong with the operating system and other software on laptops. These days many laptops have customised software installed according to a persons needs. Try to go into Safemode by pressing the F8 key on your keyboard when your laptop just run. After running with safemode try to do clean up your laptop using antivirus. And try to remove unnecessary software.
If the need arises to reformat the laptop, reinstall the operating system from the CDs or DVDs that were supplied with the laptop. Also make sure that the drivers CD's are available at the time of installation.
One of my drives has disappeared and I cannot see it in My Computer window. What should I do?
Suppose you turn on your computer and cannot see the CD-ROM or any other removable drives like DVD-ROM drive in the Computer window. This problem is common for laptop and notebook computers and this might be caused by a failed drive or by corrupted software.
Try the following :
You can check on Microsoft's website for the drivers available
Else try to install the drivers from the Drivers CD provided by the manufacturer.