After switching on, 'Windows error recovery' msg appears. BUT 'Launch startup repair' won't activate, and 'Start windows normally' shows timebar, but will not move on.
I would suspect a problem with your hard drive here - you should be able to run Seatools for DOS http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/ to run a diagnostics on your hard drive.
I would suspect a problem with your hard drive here - you should be able to run Seatools for DOS http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/ to run a diagnostics on your hard drive.
You would need to download the program, extract it and copy it on to CD to run on your machine - the machine you're sending this from should be able to do that (unless it's a phone)