Vaio restarts after win starup screen

streamstream
edited February 2011 in Hardware
i dropped my Vaio yesterday and now i cant get it to boot up. i checked to see if the HD and Memory are intact and it seems they are.
when i press the power key it ask to repair or start win. when i select repair it goes to a black screen with the mouse arrow on it, nothing else can be seen. when i select start win it stays at start up screen for 5 min then restarts. i also had no luck with safe mode. can someone please help there are valuable data on the HD that i need pronto.

Vaio VGN-AR870
Win Vista Home Premium

Thank you,

Comments

  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited February 2011
    Just because your HDD appears physically intact does not mean it will be bootable. You should probably try an external SATA to USB kit on another computer, then you can run the manufacturer's HDD test to see if it passes or is repairable with software (I doubt it)
  • allenpanallenpan ThunderBay, Ontario, CAnada Icrontian
    edited February 2011
    i am 150% sure hdd bad sector, extract ur data, RMA the hdd or purchase a new hddß
  • streamstream
    edited February 2011
    allenpan wrote:
    i am 150% sure hdd bad sector, extract ur data, RMA the hdd or purchase a new hddß

    how do i extract the data? what software should i use?
  • allenpanallenpan ThunderBay, Ontario, CAnada Icrontian
    edited February 2011
    put in an external usb box use getdataback GDB for ntfs
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