Acer 5742z problem at boot up

[Beemac]

hi, can anyone help me with this one? I switch on my laptop, power's on and the Acer name comes up on the screen then a Press F2 to enter setup appears, after a while it goes away then the who sequence starts again. Can't get past that, so can't get the Desktop or anything else. My HDD seems to be a Hitachi HTS 545025B9A300. I'm hoping it's not the HDD...

Any suggestions gratefully received

Bill

 

[something back]

Hi bill

Welcome to the forum

When you press F2 does the motherboard list the harddrive?

If it does then it looks like its just a software problem, if it's not listed then it's more
than likely to be a faulty harddrive.

You will have to use a recovery disk if you are using windows to recover the operating system.

Please list your computer operating system you are using.

 

[something back]

A legal link to windows 7 discs


http://www.pcworld.com/article/248995/how-to-install-windows-7-without-the-disc.html

"now removed by microsoft"

 

[Beemac]

Thanks for the reply, yes the hard drive details are shown when I go into setup, and I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[something back]

You will have to recover your system settings using a dvd or a ACER erecovery using the F10 KEY

 

[Beemac]

First class! Worked like a dream.... So grateful for your help!