Laptop Stuck On BIOS Load Screen/Won't Load Vista

[airbusA346]

Hi,

Laptop is a Samsung R510 running Vista.

When it is switched on, it gets stuck on the Samsung BIOS load screen. The F2 (Setup) and F4 (Recovery) buttons don't work unless they are pressed straight away. But when they are pressed it says 'Please Wait', but nothing happens.

I have changed the CMOS battery, but it hasn't helped.

Can anyone help?

 

[airbusA346]

I have attached a photo of the laptop when it is on.



I have also just taken the hard drive out of the laptop and connected it to my desktop using an eSATA cable.

It is only showing 69.9GB capacity when it is supposed to be 160GB and has the following folders on the top level:

- 4e5c9397bbd4d4598eeb60f620aaf1
- 85fbd9ca814c5ddc90d34fd60b63
- f0fb83ede1b4f0f5a2
- MSOCache
- SamsungRecovery

So why isn't the rest of the hard drive capacity showing and where has Windows and the user files gone?

 

[spirit]

I've replied to your thread here: http://www.computerforum.com/225332-laptop-stuck-bios-load-screen-wont-load-vista.html

Just stick to the one thread in future, please.