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Thread ID: 137973	2014-09-18 05:25:00	Blue Screen	curly (6655)	Press F1

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1384146	2014-09-24 10:41:00	Is this windows 8? If it is, that bootmanager error may have something to do with UEFI, if this system supports it? Doesnt that create the bootmanager entry in the BIOS, so you can boot from it? It did on this. And create the GPT partition on the hdd?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1384147	2014-09-27 03:07:00	Is this windows 8? If it is, that bootmanager error may have something to do with UEFI, if this system supports it? Doesnt that create the bootmanager entry in the BIOS, so you can boot from it? It did on this. And create the GPT partition on the hdd? Nah, this is Windows 7, what does GPT partition mean ?	curly (6655)
1384148	2014-09-27 06:05:00	If you have 2 sticks of RAM, you could try remove just one to see if you can boot. Usually run 2 sticks will mean dual channel and requires identical RAM in perfect condition. This is an All in ONE and it does have two sticks of ram, but it also has provision for 4 sticks. Any way, I have tried putting just one stick in (and moving it round) and likewise with the other stick, but it will not boot. At this point in time the only thing working is the BIOS and the CD rom spins up, but the sound of data being moved does not take long. So far I have taken the HDD into one of our computer shops and after three days it was said to be good. Oh yeah, and possibly the biggie is the message "Boot manager is not working"	curly (6655)
1384149	2014-09-27 06:54:00	Nah, this is Windows 7, what does GPT partition mean ? Its the way the hdd gets formatted. I think Win7 and 8 support it if its 64 bit	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1384150	2014-09-27 06:58:00	Could simply be a screwed up OS / boot manager. Had it happen many times where the only real fix is to re-install. One way to test is if you have another HDD you can use, attach that and re-install Windows from fresh. If it works OK then you can do it to the original Drive. keeping in mind if you do, you need to save any data (if not done yet -Backups) save or download the drivers. Being W7 there should be a Product Key on the unit.	wainuitech (129)
1384151	2014-09-27 07:34:00	A simple way to confirm the hardware is ok even without a hard drive is to boot off a linux live CD or USB stick, if that starts up and runs ok generally that points to a software issue. There are a lot to choose from here's a few: www.linuxmint.com puppylinux.org ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix-dvd/KNOPPIX_V7.4.0DVD-2014-08-01-EN.iso generally you download an iso and burn it to a blank DVD then set the BIOS to boot oof it and that should be it. USB is a bit trickier.	dugimodo (138)
1384152	2014-09-27 08:57:00	According to Microsoft, the code is usually hardware related. While the post from MS says XP it will relate to what ever OS you have answers.microsoft.com You need to run memory and HDD tests, being "Startup cannot repair the computer automatically" some system Files can be damaged, now that can only be caused by hardware or software (no kidding :) ) "IF" its a HDD problem you may need to replace the HDD and reinstall Windows, and recover any wanted data from the Old drive if it will let you. The last one I had with that type of Warning "Startup cannot repair the computer automatically" The HDD had many failed sectors, and screwed the OS. You need to eliminate or confirm the Hard Ware is OK first, other wise you may be going around in circles going nowhere fast. Took HDD into a local computer shop, from memory it ran for two odd days and came back with no errors. Swapped memory sticks backwards and forwards between all of the 4 slots, but it still would not boot up. Will now run memtest+ and see what that produces.	curly (6655)
1384153	2014-09-27 09:54:00	Took HDD into a local computer shop, from memory it ran for two odd days and came back with no errors. Swapped memory sticks backwards and forwards between all of the 4 slots, but it still would not boot up. Will now run memtest+ and see what that produces. Two days ? What on earth were they doing to it ? Simply running wont prove anything apart from the drive motor and circuits are not playing up. A simple test can be run in a matter of minutes as long as the SMART is working as it should, that will tell if its got bad sectors or a pending failure. Even a bad sector scan would show up reasonably quick, since the boot sections that are saying the problem are at the start of the drive. All this is of course the person / shop has the right software. If you wanted to scan the drive yourself, slave it to another PC even connect Via USB - and run Disk Scanner on it. www.ariolic.com If theres any bad sectors they will show in RED ( as per the picture.)	wainuitech (129)
1384154	2014-09-29 07:04:00	Just wanted to say thanks for all those who pointed me in the right direction where I now have a perfectly functioning Acer All in One computer. It would seem that the major problem was "Boot manager was missing", though there were problems with the HDD as well and also a few not so major problems, which still took time to sort out. I can tell you all that me knocking on the door of 80 ment I did not all ways understand the complexability of tracking down the faults that were in the machine. Anyway - thanks heaps for your guidance and advise.	curly (6655)
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