7 Common Laptop Problems and How to Fix Them?

A lot of laptop users face the problem of laptops not booting, most people get scared and start panicking. So first of all don’t panic, remove the laptop’s power cord and battery, then press the power button simultaneously for 30 seconds, this will remove the residual electricity from the system.

If this doesn’t work it means that some system file is missing, remove your hard drive using the instructions from the manufacturer and place the drive into a USB enclosure–these are external housings for internal hardware.

Next, connect the enclosure’s USB cable to an open USB port on a working PC. If the file system is still intact, the hard drive should show up as an external drive and allow you to transfer data to and from the drive.

Next, try running on the drive-by opening a DOS prompt (Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt) and typing in X: where X is the letter of your external drive. Then hit Enter. Now type “chkdsk /f.” Your system may ask you to dismount the drive; this is okay, so type Y and then hit Enter.

Your notebook will now display some information about your drive (file system type and serial number) and then scan the drive, fixing any errors it encounters. An error report will print out, so you can see what changes were made to the drive.

If all went well, you’ll be good to go once you plug the hard drive back into the crashed notebook and power it on.