Greetings!
I know that there have been dozens of posts about booting troubles, and I've read my fair share of them, but nothing quite comes close to my specific problem.
So recently a friend of mine got me interested in trying out Linux (long story, but suffice it to say, it was time for a change), so I downloaded a Ubuntu distro. I had previously done a restore of Windows on my laptop using a recovery cd, and when I tried to install Ubuntu so I could dual boot, it wouldn't recognize that I had another OS on my machine (I was running Windows 7), so I formatted my hard drive, and using a boot disk I installed and then ran Ubuntu.
All was well until I wanted to play some games and just couldn't get them to work using Ubuntu (I tried a virtual machine and wine, nothing worked), so I decided to reinstall Windows. When I popped in the recovery disk, it kept booting straight to Ubuntu and I was unable to change the boot order in BIOS. so I decided to format my hard drive (again) and just reinstall Windows. And this is where it got tricky.
Using the disks program in Ubuntu I formatted my hard drive, completely erasing all data on the main partition..... And a smaller partition that I didn't recognize. This turned out to be my recovery partition. Anyway, so after formatting the drive, I turned off the laptop, stuck the recovery disk in, and powered it on. The laptop turns on, I get the manufacturer's logo (Samsung)..... And then it restarts. And it keeps doing this.
With the recovery disk in the drive, I'm able to F3 and make it start the windows install, but after it installs, the screen goes black, and doesn't do anything else. When I eventually hold down the power key to turn it off and try to restart, it has the same problem that it had before, it starts, displays manufacturer's logo, and then restarts, all in about 3-5 seconds, none of the options work (F2, Del, F12....).
I am at my wits end, and have decided to ask for help from this illustrious members of this community. Thanks for reading this very long post! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know that there have been dozens of posts about booting troubles, and I've read my fair share of them, but nothing quite comes close to my specific problem.
So recently a friend of mine got me interested in trying out Linux (long story, but suffice it to say, it was time for a change), so I downloaded a Ubuntu distro. I had previously done a restore of Windows on my laptop using a recovery cd, and when I tried to install Ubuntu so I could dual boot, it wouldn't recognize that I had another OS on my machine (I was running Windows 7), so I formatted my hard drive, and using a boot disk I installed and then ran Ubuntu.
All was well until I wanted to play some games and just couldn't get them to work using Ubuntu (I tried a virtual machine and wine, nothing worked), so I decided to reinstall Windows. When I popped in the recovery disk, it kept booting straight to Ubuntu and I was unable to change the boot order in BIOS. so I decided to format my hard drive (again) and just reinstall Windows. And this is where it got tricky.
Using the disks program in Ubuntu I formatted my hard drive, completely erasing all data on the main partition..... And a smaller partition that I didn't recognize. This turned out to be my recovery partition. Anyway, so after formatting the drive, I turned off the laptop, stuck the recovery disk in, and powered it on. The laptop turns on, I get the manufacturer's logo (Samsung)..... And then it restarts. And it keeps doing this.
With the recovery disk in the drive, I'm able to F3 and make it start the windows install, but after it installs, the screen goes black, and doesn't do anything else. When I eventually hold down the power key to turn it off and try to restart, it has the same problem that it had before, it starts, displays manufacturer's logo, and then restarts, all in about 3-5 seconds, none of the options work (F2, Del, F12....).
I am at my wits end, and have decided to ask for help from this illustrious members of this community. Thanks for reading this very long post! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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