I have a VAIO laptop that has a cracked and broken screen – the user left a pencil under the cover near the hinges and slammed it, so I can’t see anything on the screen now.
For the first couple of restarts after it happened, Windows was running ok and I could connect an external screen to use it.
After a day or so, I caught sight of Windows detecting a bad shutdown and wouldn’t start on the external screen.
Now when I restart it I cannot get anything on the external screen at all so cannot access windows. I’ve tried pressing the F7 key to switch to an external monitor but that doesn’t work – and the BIOS won’t come up on the external screen at all.
I have taken the disk out and backed up the data but I want to fix Windows and use it with an external screen for now.
I’ve tried booting off the DVD with an Ubuntu disk but no joy. I don’t have access to the Recovery disks either -the user didn’t create any when it was bought.
Any ideas on how I can access windows again, or even the BIOS – I can’t seem to get the machine to use the external screen at all.
A new screen is really expensive, and I’d like to fix Windows using the external screen before replacing the screen.
TIA,
DK
