Laptop wont boot up

[tsaw7]

When I turn the laptop on I get options to start the computer normally, safe mode, safe mode with networking and safe mode with command prompt. When I try and start normally, after a few seconds I get a blue screen that says Unknown hard drive error, then goes right back to the screen with the different options.. And if I try any of the safe mode options I get the blue screen with and is says there is a problem with windows. Any thoughts? I have the boot disk it came with, but will not run it.

 

[driverdj2000]

go into bios and make the disc drive the boot device.(u get into bios by pressing a key at the splash screen when u power on)which button varies by manufacturer.
boot with the windows disc and choose "repair windows".
it might b wise to backup any data u need first,this means taking out the drive and connecting it to another machine with an external enclosure

 

[tsaw7]

It won't let me get in to any sub menu except the hard drive.

 

[Flaring Afro]

does the hard drive make any funny noises?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Your hard drive might be bad.

Start off by burning this program to a CD and booting to it to test your hard drive.

Report back with the results.

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/downloads/Hutil210_iso_for_CDROM_drive.zip