Laptop Issues

[Sijray21]

Hi guys,

i can't figure this out. I think i may just have to reformat but here's the issue:

A while ago during the couple days where the winds were gusting around 40-50mph in northern va the power went out in my place. My roomate uses my laptop and left it on (full battery and plugged in to the wall). Well the computer restarted when he was out for the weekend and now we're having trouble getting it started.

It gives is 5 options to start (safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with dos prompt (not sure on the exact verbage), start as last used, and start normally. The trouble message was shown like it does in dos prior to windows start-up and it stated that it had trouble starting windows normally.

Selecting the safemode options with networking or dos prompt has the computer running a bunch of scripts and then stopping on one of them and not advancing. Selecting safe mode, or any windows start-up has the computer appearing to start windows then turns to a blank screen. I can adjust the brightness so i know it's not the lcd shutting off.

I'm assuming i need to reformat, but there were some programs i didn't want to lose (photoshop and other editing tools).

Just wondered what you guys thought. What could be the issue?

[Evan]

first try a repair, if that doesnt work then try re-installing
reformat and reinstall should be your last ditch option if you have any data you want to save
(this is also the exact reason why you should have a system partition)

[ViPER1313]

If this is a Dell I would press F12 when it is starting up and do a full HD test in the diags.

[Sijray21]

comcrap presario - unsure of the laptop model