Laptop woes

[korme]

Having trouble with my Gateway laptop. More often than not, when my computer enters sleep mode it then shuts down incorrectly, and on restart it gives me that notification, and I restart windows normally.

As an aside I started noticing on startup that a little DOS command that says sdrc.exe would open for half a millisec and then close. I googled it, and its some sort of virus. I was going to try to troubleshoot it but I hadnt gotten around to it (I know..)

But last night the story was different. I hit the power button on my laptop, the power light came on, the fans started...then stopped and I was left with a big, blank screen. I got around this last night by completely removing the battery and unplugging. Once I reassembled everything, I was back in action.

Tonight there has been no luck. The same thing happens that happened last night, except pulling thepower iisn't fixing it.

So before I hand over my coins to Geek Squad.... any ideas or insight for a guy that knows very little about troubleshooting a laptop?

[korme]

Any ideas? Last bump before I hand it over to GS

[PilotMan]

From just the couple of minutes of looking into it, I don't know that the file that you are associating has anything to do with viruses. It sounds more like a corrupted windows file somewhere that is screwing things up. Is the laptop dead or does it power up and run normally, but just have problems shutting down?

[finketr]

boot into safe mode? Operating system?

[korme]

The laptop isn't dead per se. The red light signifying power lights on when plugged in, but when I hit the power button the fans start but after about 2 seconds stop, and nothing happens. Could it be a driver issue?

[korme]

I can't even boot into safe mode as I get no notification of any kind on the screen

[korme]

Needless to say I realize how computer addicted I am. Browsing websites on my cell phone blows. How do people without computers live?