notebook problem

[ieh4f]

l have just brought a second hand notebook, but sometime it cannot boot normally, it just keep coming back to the windows ME boot up menu with 4 options, three of which is normal, safe mode and booting it step by step, l dont remember the last one now, it say it is because it didnt finish loading the windows last time, but it never happens, so what cause this problem? should l just return it?

p.s: what is the minimum cpu speed and ram to watch a dvd movie in a notebook smoothly, without running other programmes at the same time, just like a dvd player? and what software can be used to play dvd movies besides powerdvd?

[AlanHK]

l have just brought a second hand notebook, but sometime it cannot boot normally, it just keep coming back to the windows ME boot up menu with 4 options, three of which is normal, safe mode and booting it step by step, l dont remember the last one now, it say it is because it didnt finish loading the windows last time, but it never happens, so what cause this problem? should l just return it?

It means Windows crashed last time it ran.

It could be a hardware problem, but more likely just Windows flakiness.
You really should do a fresh install of the OS when you get a used PC, who knows what mess has been left there. Hopefully it came with a restore disk or possibly there is a restore partition.

Assuming it has a bootable CD drive, you can download the Ultimate boot cd and use it to test the hard disk and other components.

The notebook forum is a good place to get advice specific to the laptop.

[ieh4f]

but the Windows didnt crashe last time it ran, and l already delete the old partition, created a new one, formatted it with fat32 and installed a new os

[Krispy Kritter]

Another OS or the same OS that is currently having boot issues?

[ieh4f]

another os