help - cant get computer to switch on

saving123

It says Medion Recovery Disc: Support for these products is provided by Medion AG and then it has Windows Vista Home Premium. I got it with my laptop. Is this the correct thing i should be using?
thanks again for responding

busenbust

saving123 wrote: »

It says Medion Recovery Disc: Support for these products is provided by Medion AG and then it has Windows Vista Home Premium. I got it with my laptop. Is this the correct thing i should be using?
thanks again for responding

Often hard to tell but it should be okay; one of my xp machines has an oem Fujitsu labelled disc but it runs and installs normally as fully-blown xp. Strange why it refuses to read the disc proper.

saving123

just tried again and then when i went back in tried to go in to safe mode with networking and it is showing safe mode in each of the 4 corners and says Microsoft (R) Windows (R)(Build 6000) at the top, not sure what this means?

busenbust

saving123 wrote: »

just tried again and then when i went back in tried to go in to safe mode with networking and it is showing safe mode in each of the 4 corners and says Microsoft (R) Windows (R)(Build 6000) at the top, not sure what this means?

that's fine -- can u run a system restore from there perhaps??

saving123

how would i do that? thanks

busenbust

1.
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore.
2.
On the Welcome screen, click Restore my computer to an earlier time, and then click Next.
3.
On the Select a Restore Point page, select the date from the calendar that shows the point you'd like to restore to, and then click Next.

saving123

when the screen came up like that it didnt have the start button there, only the word safe in each corner and then the message at the top, just tried to run it again and now not getting that again either, just back to blue screen ....

saving123

someone how i have managed to get a screen where it is now installing windows! hope this is progress in the right direction!

saving123

ran startup repair and the route casue found was 'Bad hard disc', where do i go from here?
thanks

spakkker

Any warranty left ?
Have you another pc you could connect h/drive to, then try and run the h/drive maker's diagnostic prog on? This would need a 2.5" h/d caddy plugged into a usb.
CEX sell h/drives -40GB for £15 del. and 12mths g'tee -this is small size but will get you going.

http://uk.webuy.com/product.php?page=2&stext=&section=all&rad_which_stock=2&catid=890