windows 7 acer laptop won't start. startup repair and f8 do not work.

[Marissa S]

The computer is only partially backed up. I have a feeling the hard drive is faulty but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?

basically i turn it on, and the screen tell me to either run startup repair or to load with normal settings. both options result in the computer not fully starting up.

 

[Paul NZ]

Remove the hdd put it in a desktop. See if it can read it. If it cant, its probably dead

 

[Marissa S]

Remove the hdd put it in a desktop. See if it can read it. If it cant, its probably dead

okay i'll try that

 

[Paul NZ]

If it takes a long time for a desktop to get into windows. Once you connect it, its probably faulty. It may not even get into windows if it has probs reading the hdd

 

[Guest]

Remove the hdd put it in a desktop. See if it can read it. If it cant, its probably dead

okay i'll try that

So did you try it? What happened? I'm having the same trouble but with windows 8. Also acer laptop.

 

[Marissa S]

i know this is over a year old now but the hard drive was damaged beyond repair and we lost a lot of stuff. the moral of this story is to back up your files periodically!

 

[cleophas_1]

The computer is only partially backed up. I have a feeling the hard drive is faulty but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?

basically i turn it on, and the screen tell me to either run startup repair or to load with normal settings. both options result in the computer not fully starting up.