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Notebook dead after installing Windows 7
I have an Acer Aspire 1410 Notebook which came with Vista Home Premium.
I just ran the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade (custom Installation).
I was able to run the install, check for and download updates and activate 7. The last thing I did was to change the "update windows" option to notify me when downloads are available but let me choose when to download and install.
After doing all of this I restarted the system and windows wouldn't start, I followed the recomendation to run Startup repair which when finished reported that the volume was corrupt, not sure of the exact wording. I tried to restart, and was prompted to run the Startup repair again which I did. The window opened and showed that it was checking for problems, the next time I looked at the screen it was blank (not blue screen) with ony the mouse pointer visible. I could move the pointer but there was no other activity.
I tried to turn off and restart the computer using the power button but could not get anything happening.
Any ideas on how I can get this machine up and running again?