asus laptop wont boot after windows 8 installation failure

[vishnusanjay]

Power went out when i was installing windows 8 in my asus laptop. I think the power went out while i was formating a partition.now my laptop wont boot..getting a black screen after asus logo. I cant even get into bios menu to change the boot order.i tried all the keys but of no use..is there a chance of hard disk getting corrupted..is there any other way to boot from cd rom or usb since i cant enter bios menu..

 

[vishnusanjay]

Can you enter command promt?

No i cannot. Nothing comes on the screen after asus logo..no matter what.

 

[orlbuckeye]

Even if you boot with the OS install DVD?

 

[vishnusanjay]

Even if you boot with the OS install DVD?

I am not able to get into bios to change the boot order...hard disk was the first boot option. I used the boot over ride option to select cd rom while installing windows.so now the main problem is not able to enter bios... is thrre any other way to entr bios...or even my bios is corrupted...

 

[drapacioli]

f12 will allow you to choose a different boot option if it allows you.

 

[vishnusanjay]

If i disconnect my hard drive physically, will bios menu be opened automatically

 

[drapacioli]

Possibly. At the very least it'll try the next option down the boot menu list, but it might just give an error telling you no bootable devices were found. It won't hurt to try as long as you're careful when you disconnect the drive to not damage anything.

 

[vishnusanjay]

Possibly. At the very least it'll try the next option down the boot menu list, but it might just give an error telling you no bootable devices were found. It won't hurt to try as long as you're careful when you disconnect the drive to not damage anything.

I submitted the laptop to the service center. They have called and told me that hard drive is corruptee and u have to replace it..is this possible in my case.wont formatting the hard disk solve the problem..Please advice..

 

[drapacioli]

It's possible, but you should be able to get into the bios. How quickly are you hitting f2 to get into the bios? I know Asus laptops only provide a very short window to hit f2, so sometimes you have to hit it repeatedly and quickly to get in. If you can get into the bios to change boot devices, You can get a CD to boot with a hard drive diagnostic tool on it, which will help you out. Alternatively, you can take the hard drive out, attach it to a different computer via a USB enclosure or second hard drive bay, and run a drive diagnostic on another PC.

 

[vishnusanjay]

It's possible, but you should be able to get into the bios. How quickly are you hitting f2 to get into the bios? I know Asus laptops only provide a very short window to hit f2, so sometimes you have to hit it repeatedly and quickly to get in. If you can get into the bios to change boot devices, You can get a CD to boot with a hard drive diagnostic tool on it, which will help you out. Alternatively, you can take the hard drive out, attach it to a different computer via a USB enclosure or second hard drive bay, and run a drive diagnostic on another PC.

When i connected a different hard disk to my laptop.i can able to acess the bios ..even if i connect my hard disk to a different PC same problem occurs in that PC also..not able to access BIOS..There is no signal from hard drive.It has choked completely.I think boot sector is damaged..its time to bury my hard disk and buy anew one🙁

 

[drapacioli]

You can try to repair it first using a windows recovery cd in a different PC, but if it is not showing up at all that is a bad sign 🙁