i have been trying to fix my friends laptop for a week or so now using the recovery discs which came with the laptop. if any other info is needed btw i can get it.
basically i startup the comp using the discs already in the cd drive. first thing it says is something failed and i have to press f2 to resume.
next the bios comes up, if i try change anythin or select anything other than escape and discard changes then the screen asking which of 4 options to choose.
1) ms-dos with cd-rom support
2)recovery full hdd
3)recover to 1 partition
4 recover to 2 partition
only 1 really works here the others start working but then say recovery not finished and stays there with a:\> waiting for me to type in some commands which im not sure of. i tried smartdrv commands but i don know which i need to use but they are the only ones that seemed to work as far as i know.
sry about the not exact error messages along the way i will update them tomorrow when i have more time.
basically i startup the comp using the discs already in the cd drive. first thing it says is something failed and i have to press f2 to resume.
next the bios comes up, if i try change anythin or select anything other than escape and discard changes then the screen asking which of 4 options to choose.
1) ms-dos with cd-rom support
2)recovery full hdd
3)recover to 1 partition
4 recover to 2 partition
only 1 really works here the others start working but then say recovery not finished and stays there with a:\> waiting for me to type in some commands which im not sure of. i tried smartdrv commands but i don know which i need to use but they are the only ones that seemed to work as far as i know.
sry about the not exact error messages along the way i will update them tomorrow when i have more time.
