acer t180 start up

[xeldor]

it went down a few days ago..pc shop personel say its my hard drive, i say not, is there a comand override for my pc to fix this , my pc that runs a windows vista, all it does is go past the acer logo screen, direcly to error, boot cd then hit enter...im very frustrated, and no money to really invest...its a acer t180..desktop

[PseFrank]

Hi xeldor, there's not alot of information to go on here. I think your PC has a recovery partition though. If it does you may have the option of restoring your PC to the factory default.

 

It's been a while since I've done this on an Acer, but I think that when booting your computer in the normal way, as soon as you see the Acer logo Press Alt + F10 on your keyboard. You should see the options that are available to you. One of them being to restore to the factory default.

 

Note: For users with Acer Laptops...you need only press F10.

 

Before doing this you should first try and back up your personal files. You may still be able to start your PC in Safe Mode. To get to Safe Mode Press F8 after you see the Acer logo. Then choose Safe Mode from the options you see on the screen.

 

If you are unable to get to Safe Mode, and have files that you do not want to lose. You may be able to gain access to them by removing the hard drive and placing it in a Caddy (External closure).

 

Can you first tell us if you can get into Safe Mode...