Hello,

I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
stating:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows Error Recovery

You have two options:

Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
Launch Windows Normally

When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
(perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?

Thanks
Sam

From what I can gather, it maybe a hard drive problem. It maybe going bad,
or gone bad. When some drives go bad they take forever to read because
they're constantly trying to recover from a errors. RMA it, if it's still
under warrantee.


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cc815535-6e18-4d54-bf4e-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
> yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
> stating:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Windows Error Recovery
>
> You have two options:
>
> Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
> Launch Windows Normally
>
> When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
> Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
> status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
> (perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
> brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
> something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.
>
> Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?
>
> Thanks
> Sam

On Sat, 30 May 2009 11:06:55 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a DELL Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer. I shut down irregularly
>yesterday, and now, when I try to start it up, I get a message
>stating:
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Windows Error Recovery
>
>You have two options:
>
>Launch Startup Repair (Recommended)
>Launch Windows Normally
>
>When I try either option it takes FOREVER, and I never get back into
>Windows Vista. With the first option it just brings up a progress
>status bar like it is doing something, then the screen goes blank
>(perhaps a timeout on the laptop). For the second option it just
>brings up the progress status bar, and it seems like it is doing
>something....but after hours it is still showing that progress bar.
>
>Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how I can remedy this situation?
>
>Thanks
>Sam

How was it shut down ; you may have corrupt files .