acer one netbook with windows 7 starter cant boot to welcome screen

[starie]

when i turn it on it goes to a screen that says boot normally or start diagonistics i tried both and nothing happens it just goes to the welcom screen but it doesnt say welcome its just the background and the diagonistics doesnt say anything. what do i do? It has no cd drive as well

[jason2074]

Can you boot to your BIOS menu setup? Its either F2 or Del key on first boot-up of your computer or look on the POST screen for the right key. Then try loading default settings usually found on the bottom of your screen. Make sure to save and exit.

[starie]

I tried that to and nothing can i get to the command prompt and try something from there? This is my friends laptop and dont know much about it.

[Transfusion]

If the laptop just doesn't boot to Windows, can you get into the recovery partition? If it would be possible to take the hard drive out, plug it into another working PC, save all of your data, that would be great.
http://www.geekpolice.net/t7449-acer-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-erecovery

[jason2074]

screen that says boot normally or start diagonistics

Are you booting to Advance Boot Menu(pressing F8) or does it take you directly on startup?

[michelsmith]

Hi,

You many face boot hang problems during the boot up of Windows 7 operating system.

Hanging means booting cannot be processed after starting the boot process.

Slow boot problem indicates that it takes a long time to complete the boot process; from starting till the end.

Virus or malware infection is the main reason for the boot process hanging.

If your PC contains many startup processes, you may face slow system boot up.

Also limited RAM space could result in the slow boot process.

[starie]

When the black screen shows up it only gives you the option of running the diaganostics test or start normally thats it i dont press anything when i turn it on it just goes to that screen.

[bobsklarservices]

I know it is not exactly a super high-tech fix, try pressing F2 rapidly as soon as you press the power button to turn it on, you may be able to access BIOS through that method. Failing that, try F8 for Windows 7 Boot options.

[patio]

I know it is not exactly a super high-tech fix, try pressing F2 rapidly as soon as you press the power button to turn it on, you may be able to access BIOS through that method. Failing that, try F8 for Windows 7 Boot options.

It's not a BIOS issue...