kilnfield

Hi. don't know if the feeling of stupidity or relief is the greatest. Tried removing and reseating battery then the drive and it's up and running. Think I was looking for serious issues and overlooking the basics. Thanks for all your help which has been of benefit to me and ensured that I now have a recovery disc ready in case of future problems. Regards, John

Had to create a restore disc and loaded this but still no response. Am I missing something?

Thought it was Fn + Esc or Fn + F1, the latter does nothing at all. Tried all the above, F1, F2 & Del but not a flicker

Pressing Fn + Esc to enter BIOS shuts down the computer

Thanks, tried this but no sign of life.

Hi, I've searched for a similar problem on your pages but without success. The computer is a Dell Vostro 1000 (laptop) running Vista Business. It has V1000Turion TL60 2.0Ghz Dual core. Yesterday evening I loaded MS Security Essentials and did a quick scan using it. I then did some tidying up using CCleaner, after which I continued using the computer with no problems for about an hour. This morning the computer will not start up. The screen is lit up and the cursor arrow is present and responds to the pad but that is all. I have inserted the OS disc and this can be heard spinning but there is no other reaction to it. I think that's all the info I can provide. Don't have a clue what to try next. Regards.