I have to boot twice in order to activate any program.....
I hit start button, wait till computer boots up then click on a program icon and I get the hour glass forever. Hard drive light is on and does not stop.
I cannot do a ctrl/alt del as there is no response from keyboard while hour glass is displayed.
I then hold the start button down till computer shuts down then I restart a second time. This time all is OK.
What could be causing that problem?
Here's what I have tried.
1. Complete virus scan with AVG
2. Boot to cmd prompt and do a chkdsk/f
Checking Google for this problem and found a couple of suggestions to do a format and reload Vista. I really don't want to do that if I can help it.
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Best possible way for a long term fix is a reinstall. Try Live CD OS like Ubuntu to see if you can access the hard drive without any problem. Try doing that a few times to make sure ur hard disk is fine. If that runs fine then you might have to reinstall Vista for a clean/permanent fix.
Weird-Must boot twice - P7805U
Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by TreeTops Ranch, Jan 3, 2010.