Bought a repair disk because my laptop wouldn't boot

[SeanArce]

I inserted it in, and nothing came up. no repair screen. thoughts?

Is it worth it to take it to best buy?

[medUSA]

Have you configured your laptop to allow boot from CD/DVD?
or boot CD/DVD before booting from internal hard disk?

[SeanArce]

You mean put the cd in before turning laptop on?

[medUSA]

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

[SeanArce]

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

[beetcoin]

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.

[Foxpup]

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.

[SeanArce]

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

[beetcoin]

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.