# Notebook doesn't start

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/notebook-doesnt-start/124276>\
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**Created:** [October 1, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/notebook-doesnt-start/124276 "2004-10-01T16:35:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![hsadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@hsadan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hsadan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/notebook-doesnt-start/124276/1 "2004-10-01T16:35:57Z")

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Help. My dad’s Sony Vaio suddenly busted or something!

Now when switched on, it shows the Sony logo for a couple of seconds, then a blinking underscore (\_), then it restarts and shows the Sony logo again, and keeps repeating the process.

any ideas how I could fix this? i doubt the cds given will work, because it doesn’t even get to booting. also, I need to salvage the files inside ☹