Computer won't boot up -help please

baywood_2

Also when you try to boot from cd the cd drive does not even attempt to spin the disc, normally i can hear it when there is one in there, is this another problem ?

spakkker

If you have a bootable disc it will boot in any pc - try it.
What prog did you use to burn it ?

codheadling

you can get free burning software here http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ImgBurn/1128426215/1
click on the blue box that says download now 5,385 kb,remember to untick the add searchbar options while it is installing,when it is up and running choose the option to "write image file to disk" then click please selct file,and choose the recovery file iso which you have downloaded then click the arrow to begin the burn process,i have just burnt one off myself to test it and it worked fine

baywood_2

Have burnt another disc and got to chkdsk /r and is now checking but has been sat at 1% for 20 mins should i do anything or just leave it?

codheadling

just leave it,it can stay at a certain percent for a while then zip along quickly,it can take up to an hour to scan the whole disk

baywood_2

ok cheers, might be in for a bit of a wait then , just glad i have got this far, hope we can at least recover some of the stuff.

bigfreddiel

get yourself an ide or sata to usb cable and powe supply, whip the disk out of the pc and thn connect it to another pc and copy the mp3s - job done

fj

baywood_2

thank you got a few options now, hope that this works though, still at 1%

codheadling

is there any improvement from the 1%

baywood_2

Erm ....no! Is this a prob?