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Error loading operating system on boot
Ok so I'll keep this simple, Sony Vaio Windows 7 OEM laptop.
So for about 2 days I was receiving 'I/O device errors' and couldn't find what was causing the errors, I performed a chkdsk which took a full day to get to about 80% then the laptop died on me, it switched off and that was that.
After rebooting the machine I was presented with 'Error Loading Operating System' and the machine just sits there doing nothing.
I tried booting to the hidden recovery partition however the function buttons don't appear to work properly and the only thing I can get into is the Bios.
I booted into the Bios, changed the arrangement to boot from optical disk, created a Win7 recovery disk on my home pc and rebooted with the disk in the drive.
Booted to disk, it runs, 'loading files' appears and then I'm left on a blank screen with a large white cursor, waited about 6hrs but still no change.
I discovered that if I reboot a few times I get a 'failed to read disk, press ctrl + alt + del to restart' error.
Tried booting from an external device with a recovery disk on the device, doesn't even recognise it.
Any idea's?
If possible I would like to keep all the data on the disk, if not then as long as I can trigger the Hidden recovery partition I'm happy.
Kindest Regards
Craig
Last edited by Placehold; 22 May 2012 at 07:55.