Jaybee82

Ok tried the service recovery but am given the prompt HDD recovery failed, think maybe what was stored on the laptop for recovery may have been wiped. I don't think I have any other discs or backup either.

Hi, sorry for the vague responses! I'm having to use my phone to reply and not too hot with this thing! The system came installed with Windows 7, the Windows 7 install CD I have is brand new brought in addition to a new hard drive back about six months ago. The old hard drive had failed. This had only happened once before but is pretty much an exact repeat, I had to give the unit to my friend to fix (he's not on the scene anymore to sort this time!). I'm pretty sure the hard drive I brought was SATA but can't remember for sure, I may have to open and check. I'm going to take a look through your suggestions and report back. Really appreciate the help.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]984.vB5-legacyid=1886[/ATTACH] This is as far as it goes before stopping. Thanks.

Hi, have tried that also but still does the same thing :/

[ATTACH=CONFIG]983.vB5-legacyid=1885[/ATTACH] I have to say I've looked through the BIOS guide and the options for me to view doesn't seem anywhere near as extensive as to what's in that guide. I've attached an image, am I where I should be? It shows the hard drive in the boot sequence where I can change priority.

Hi, This is a Windows 7 install CD. I have select the CD as the primary boot drive to even get into setup or it does not give me the prompt to 'press any key to boot from CD'. Have tried restoring to last known configuration also but still the same problem. Windows will hang constantly either if I attempt the repair option (without the CD) or at the setup of the new install. Not sure what's wrong :(

Hi, The install never really starts, I press to boot up from disk, get to the first Windows Setup screen and then it hangs. The reference to the avg file was when I was trying to boot up in safe mode, it starts showing a number of file paths whilst doing so and then freezes when it gets to avg. The CD has been used for an installation previously also, I've had this issue previously but a friend fixed it. Acer Aspire laptop Intel pentium processor 2.2 ATI Radeon graphics 4GB memory Thanks for the help!

Hi, Short while ago my laptop stopped booting up (would flash bsod for a split second before restarting after the startup logo). So I figure I'd do a fresh install however after I select my keyboard settings, Windows Setup shows and just hangs. I can't get into safe mode, but I noticed that it crashed when loading a file with the extension of avg. Any ideas?