I'm still confused of what could cause the boot-mode and boot-scan to be frozen while the OS is okay in the normal mode. I'm currently running Avast, Malwarebytes and Kaspersky anti-virus tool scans, and I plan on running CHKDSK after the scans. Avast's records say that it completed the boot scan in 16 minutes and found no infections. I walked away again and came back 2 hours later.
Windows 7's start splash screen appeared, and immediately followed by a graphical glitch at the top of the screen. In both instances, it was stuck at the same spot, except the laptop needed to be forced shut down. I pressed the power button and tried going into boot-mode manually using F8, twice. Over 3 hours later, I came back and it was stuck right after loading 'amdkmpfd'. I ran the Display Driver Uninstaller utility, went into boot-mode, and walked away. My Windows 7 reinstall DVD is in another state.ĭuring the Windows' update installation process, the screen randomly flashed on and off rapidly.
In the Command Prompt window, type the CD command and the location of your Avast installation file ( C:\Program. I spent the rest of the time installing Window's updates, new drivers and other programs I needed (Avast, Malwarebytes, Firefox, MS Office, etc), and uninstalled Acer's OEM bloatware. Run a Boot-Time Scan Reboot your computer and start Windows in Safe Mode with Command Prompt according to the instructions on the relevant. The note left by the technician informed that all they did was wipe the SSD and install Acer's OEM Win 7, flashed the BIOS to a more stable version and replaced the display. I got my Acer Travelmate P645-MG back from the repair today.
