The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Acer Timeline X 5820T not starting

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by sundar, Aug 4, 2010.

  1. sundar

    sundar Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,
    I just bought Acer Timeline X 5820T-5951 model and when I started it for the first time im getting the error in the screen shot which is attached to this thread. Its complaining about a file \windows\system32\winload.exe. Did any of you face this issue? Since the laptop doesnt come with any installation disk any pointers to resolve this issue is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Sundar.
     

    Attached Files:

    sundar, Aug 4, 2010
    #1
  2. ghandi

    ghandi Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Alt+F10. 3-4 times on Acer logo appearance should giude you to eRecovery.
     
    ghandi, Aug 4, 2010
    #2
  3. ghandi

    ghandi Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    but that thing should not happen on first start, make sure to check if the computer have been used before!
     
    ghandi, Aug 4, 2010
    #3
  4. Bronsky

    Bronsky Wait and Hope.

    Reputations:
    1,653
    Messages:
    9,239
    Likes Received:
    247
    Trophy Points:
    231
    run erecovery and it that doesn't work, you might have a bad sector on teh HD. Send it back.
     
    Bronsky, Aug 4, 2010
    #4
  5. sundar

    sundar Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks Bronsky and Ghandi for your suggestion. The issue is, after pressing alt + f10 it does some thing and reboots automatically. I called the acer support and they said I have to try running the recovery disk which they have shipped today which will reach me in 7-10 business day. If that does not work I need to ship to Acer service center for repair which will take 3-4 weeks for repair and ship back.

    The problem is, I will be leaving US and going back to my home country in Sep and I have very limited time.
    Is there an Option
    1) to copy only this corrupted file from someother computer and try rebooting it or
    2) to get the recovery cd downloaded online (acer doesnt have this option) via torrent or filesharing sites and try running it. Unfortunately I can see only a torrent for 5920.

    If either one of the option works it is good, other wise I can ship them immediately without waiting for 10 days the CD to reach me.
     
    sundar, Aug 5, 2010
    #5