Need URGENT help! Laptop will not boot from HDD or CD!!

[reaper2794]

Hey guys, I really need some MAJOR help here. Right now Im using Ubuntu, it works for some reason I have it on a CD, but I need my files and I cant access my HDD.

I dont know what happened.

I was uninstalling iTunes, and then my computer randomly blue screened and shut off.

Whenever I reboot it, it tells me to either start normally or repair (Im using Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit) and if I start normally, it cant start so it goes to repair, and if I click repair, it just sits at repair

When I try to boot from CD, it does the same thing when I have the Windows 7 CD popped in

I cannot access my HDD from Ubuntu, it shows this:

I dont know if you guys can make anything out of that, please feel free to gimme suggestions and ask questions, I REALLY just wanna get Windows 7 back on here working, I have a backup on an external HD and Id use that but like I said I cant boot from the CD so I dont think its an option

Your help is GREATLY appreciate, I have a lot of homework to do and my life revolves around the computer for my schoolwork, I really need this guys

Thank you

 

[marios50]

tell me what mode is your hard drive in:is it SATA or IDE or maybe something else?
oh and give a try formatting full this time.
good luck.
Marios

 

[reaper2794]

How do you format fully though? I did format C: in MS-DOS, isn't that a full format?

I read that format C: /Q is a quick format, I didn't do that

It's a SATA hard drive so I'm guessing it'd be SATA, I don't think the BIOS would magically change. I'm pretty sure some part of the hard drive is corrupt. What I am trying to understand is this. If the hard drive is corrupt, does this mean it is BROKEN, or does it mean it is FIXABLE?

Please tell me how to do a "full format"

 

[marios50]

corrupt means corrupted data in the hard drive.broken means broken physical parts inside.i do not know a lot about ms-dos,so i cannot help much on that matter.
Marios

 

[reaper2794]

Ok that's ok, but how do I do a "full format"?

 

[marios50]

like you are now you cannot.you must do it from another computer.

 

[reaper2794]

I see. So I guess the enclosure is the way to go.

So I remove the HDD, plug it in to the enclosure, go to computer management, disk management, delete all partitions, format the partition, and then put back into laptop and install W7.

 

[marios50]

yep,you got it.

 

[reaper2794]

Enclosure didn't work, gonna buy new HDD

 

[reaper2794]

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