Solved! I dropped my lap top

Angelicawhit

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Hello, last night my lap top dropped on the ground and when I turned on it shows a mssg stating to press any key to go to recovery mode, when I do that, the same question appears all over again.
If I don't have a recovery disk, can I still go to recovery without one? pls help :{
 
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That could be a sign that something is damaged or a connection is loose. You can physically check the RAM, hard drive, and CD/DVD drive yourself. Without a CD or DVD disk you can boot from, you can't do much else.

You can either try to get a bootable disc or take it to a repair shop.
Can you use the F2 key to get in to and look at the BIOS settings at bootup?

One thing you can do for some testing - make a bootable CD/USB thumb drive in case it's just the HDD that's been damaged.

You can make yourself a bootable LiveCD (a CD/USB drive with a complete operating system) like this option: Ubuntu Desktop
You'll want to Try It and not Install Ubuntu when it comes time to book the CD.
 

DXRick

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That could be a sign that something is damaged or a connection is loose. You can physically check the RAM, hard drive, and CD/DVD drive yourself. Without a CD or DVD disk you can boot from, you can't do much else.

You can either try to get a bootable disc or take it to a repair shop.
 
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