Why is my acer aspire5542 not booting up right away

[sean_88]

why is my acer aspire5542 not bootng up right away? i have to put it on 4 like 20 mins, just the power light is on, the fan is working, the screen is just black. i reatart after the 20 mins mabe a few times and it works ok. this is annoying...help plzz..

 

[mukesh26]

why is my acer aspire5542 not bootng up right away? i have to put it on 4 like 20 mins, just the power light is on, the fan is working, the screen is just black. i reatart after the 20 mins mabe a few times and it works ok. this is annoying...help plzz..

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Run a hard drive test in DOS... HIRENS BOOT CD etc, it sounds like a failing hard drive...

All the best Brett