mikkybgs

I thought it may be this becuase the more I use it the (generally) the shorter time it runs for before shutting off. If I come back to it after leaving it a while I tend to get further in the process of formatting. (my record is 30%!) I've taken all the screws off the bottom of the laptop to try and get inside but no joy. is it worth sticking a hoover to the vents to try and get any dirt out that may be clogging it and causing it to over heat?

Actually I tell a lie, just tried it again and this time it was the screen to turn off first then two seconds later the machine died..... Hmmm....

Hi, Managed to get all the way to the recovery centre which is exactly where I want to be. Just started to recover the c: drive when it turned off. Tried it both on battery or A/C and still it randomly decided it will shut off. Could this be a hard drive problem becuase when it's on and turns off it sounds like the hard drive just stops spinning? Just a thought.... thanks.

Hi, and thanks for the reply! I did that and it took me to "Edit Boot Options" Then it has the following text: "Edit windows boot options for: Start VAIO recovery centre Path: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe [ /DETECTHAL /MININT RDIMAGEOFFSET=8192 " There was more text here but the computer turned itself off before I had chance to write anymore out. What are the next steps please?

Hi everyone! I have a problem with my new Sony Laptop. Technically it's my brothers old cast-off which he said "if I can get to work I can have". It is a Sony VAIO TT11WN laptop running windows vista - This is all I know. When I turn it on the VAIO SCREEN comes on the I get taken to the WINDOWS ERROR RECOVERY SCREEN. The problem is, at random moments it just decides to turn off. Once I got it to the scanning for errors stage but then turned off, other times it doesn't even give me a chance to select an option. I'm no expert but seeing as there is nothing that is needed on the computer I'm guessing it'd be best to just format and start again with the whole thing? I don't have recovery discs though, is this a problem? Thanks for reading, and for any comments/suggestions.