Introduction

This website is dedicated to helping people whose PC does not start or boot. We focus on the problems that arise if you cannot use your PC anymore, it just won't start up at all. 

The guide is for people with laptop or desktop computers that run windows XP or windows Vista although much content also applies to older computers.

We will help you to bring your PC back to life, reanimate your PC! We all know that artificial respiration and heart massage will not work, that's why we have 7 scenario's which you can follow to solve your problem.

Hardware Troubleshooting Guide

Important notice: before you continue, check if your hard disk does not show signs of dying. If your PC does not start, you are probably most worried about saving your data. If your hard disk shows signs of dying you have to immediately skip to the backup section to save your data before your hard disk is completely dead.

Scenario's

Try to identify the problem you have in one of the scenario's below. The problems in scenario 1, 2 and 3 all occur before Windows loads or starts. The problems in Scenario 4, 5, 6 and 7 all occur after windows starts loading. This does not necessarily mean that Windows is the root cause of the problem but it helps to eliminate some possibilities in the troubleshooting process.

Reinstall Computer

More often than not, the computer needs to be reinstalled to be repaired. To be absolutely sure that no software problems from the past remain, the hard disk or partition with the Windows installation needs to be formatted. Next you can perform a "clean install" of Windows. If you want to do a complete reinstall, the following steps or sections of our website should be executed in the following order: