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Title: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: SeanArce on November 28, 2013, 09:06:55 AM I inserted it in, and nothing came up. no repair screen. thoughts?
Is it worth it to take it to best buy? Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: medUSA on November 28, 2013, 09:25:42 AM Have you configured your laptop to allow boot from CD/DVD?
or boot CD/DVD before booting from internal hard disk? Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: SeanArce on November 28, 2013, 09:37:57 AM You mean put the cd in before turning laptop on?
Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: medUSA on November 28, 2013, 10:07:58 AM My laptop prompts me to press F12 to go into "setup" when it boots up
(yours will be a different key) In the setup menu, you should find something along the lines of "boot priority" or "enable/disable" Make sure you have your CD/DVD drive booting enabled and it's priority above internal hard disk Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: SeanArce on November 28, 2013, 10:59:28 AM My laptop prompts me to press F12 to go into "setup" when it boots up (yours will be a different key) In the setup menu, you should find something along the lines of "boot priority" or "enable/disable" Make sure you have your CD/DVD drive booting enabled and it's priority above internal hard disk pressing f8 or f12 doesn't work. the screen just doesn't turn on Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: beetcoin on November 28, 2013, 11:02:59 AM do you mean a bootable recovery disc? you shouldn't have to buy.. you could download the OEM version from a bit torrent site, which is legal.. and just install windows (it will use the key embedded into your computer).
try pressing "del" as well. i have an asus and that's the key required to enter the bios. Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: Foxpup on November 28, 2013, 12:23:20 PM the screen just doesn't turn on Not even an error message, eg, "Operating system not found"? You've got a major hardware failure, and a repair disk won't help.Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: SeanArce on November 28, 2013, 12:44:17 PM the screen just doesn't turn on Not even an error message, eg, "Operating system not found"? You've got a major hardware failure, and a repair disk won't help.Glad I got backup devices\computers. Looks like I won't be getting another laptop until the far future. Laptops should be leet af by then Title: Re: Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot Post by: beetcoin on November 28, 2013, 09:13:09 PM the screen just doesn't turn on Not even an error message, eg, "Operating system not found"? You've got a major hardware failure, and a repair disk won't help.Glad I got backup devices\computers. Looks like I won't be getting another laptop until the far future. Laptops should be leet af by then what laptop is it? maybe i could buy it off you. |