Help with a start up look - blue screen

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

Hey everyone, I'm not too skilled with computers but I have been having issues with an older laptop for a while now so I figured I'd ask for some help here.

Basically I have had issues in the past with this but starting up from the OS CD and reinstalling the OS worked in the past. However after a shut down I am not stuck in a start up loop even when trying safe mode. When I try to start up with the OS CD the same thing happens and it brings me to a blue screen saying I have a hard disk issue. Would anyone be able to help? I can post pictures of the screen if needed.

Thank you in advance!

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

Have you re-installed the OS?

If so, thats probably a dying hard drive.

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

I re-installed it once, and now I am having this issue with the start up loop and cannot even re-install the OS because I get the blue screen.

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

Try booting up without the battery, just plug it in a/c adapter.

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

plaintuts, I just tried that and had the same problem as before. Would me posting the blue screen be any help?

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

Sure,

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

Image didnt come through- fixing it now

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

The links kinda wrong...

Anyway try this, unplug the laptop from the a/c then remove the battery..

Press the power button on interval of 5 minutes for 30 minutes..

Basically where trying to initiate a default bios

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

This should work: http://i60.tinypic.com/2n6f9j9.jpg

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

Oh, thats probably a hard drive failure.

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

Anything I can do about that, or is it not worth trying to fix... Laptop is from 07

plaintuts · Oct 21, 2014

The laptop can stil be fixed, you just need to buy a new hard drive for it..

Basically the old drive is full of bad sectors now, which could be caused by being full or constantly transferring large files..

Very common problem for old drives..

johnthecage · Oct 21, 2014

Thank you very much for all of your help!

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