Can't recover windows 7 on toshiba laptop

[UByankees]

Toshiba laptop wouldn't get past logo. went into Bios changed sata setting to compatibility. Booted from a made startup cd. Made it to system recovery options screen Now I can go no further Startup repair can't repair computer Got the message, HARD DISK PROBLEM IS PREVENTING WINDOWS FROM STARTING. Diagnostic Repair says bad hard disk. Should I give up or is their any other solutions to try. Thanks for your help..

 

[Saga Lout]

You could try the Command Prompt inStartUp repair then use that to run Checkdisk. Use the syntax
chkdsk c: /r

then hit teh Enter key and the system will try to fix any errors it finds on the disk.

After that, use the same Command form to run
sfc /scannow
then hit Enter. The System File Checker will run through and, hopefully, replace any missing or corrupted file with an original new one.

 

[UByankees]

I was able to run chkdsk and it did find and fix several errors. I am not able to run sfc/scannow because it says their is a repair pending. I have rebooted but the repair is still pending. I am still booting from a startup disk. when I try to boot without the disk I get a blue screen which just flashes with code for 2 seconds and the pc reboots again repeating the same process. Any other suggestions. Thanks again.

 

[Saga Lout]

Assuming the pending repair is the one Checkdisk is attempting, it doesn't sound too good for the hard disk. I suggest you buy a USB caddy to slave that disk to another PC and rescue your personal files while you can. There's probably a hatch on the base with the little disk icon and that's whereto find it.

Then it would be worth running Checkdisk in that machine, replacing C: with the drive letter the PC allocates to the disk.