The laptop was working fine early this morning but has been down the whole day after freezing (fyi, this was when google chrome wasn't working with the message "waiting for cache"); follow with a hard boot (no pun intended) it is not booting.
Based on what I read here, here is my history of steps so far:
1. Create a window 7 recovery disc from another laptop to try to save the samsung chronos 7. It got to pick your country/language -> selected US -> Next. Then that was it, nothing happen after.
2. During boot, hold onto F4 -> Repair system -> tried to load and stop. Didn't get to select your country/language. I know there are many more options after this step to help with the repairs since I've done this before but it is not loading this time.
3. Hard reboot, hold F2 (although this doesn't get me to the BIOS everytime? Why is that???). In BIOS -> F9 to restore default -> F10 save and exit. Reboot normally, doesn't load on the window's icon screen.
4. F8 during boot -> tried safe mode / with network / etc -> nothing happens
Hardware seems to be OK since I've checked with Ubuntu. Everything is there. Also, I disconnected everything while doing these tests.
I know if I can get it to boot, I can start a restore time point and get it back to a workable condition.
Steps I can't do:
1. Can't image a window 7 iso disc since my product key is a 3rd pary os installed. MS and changed policy to allow only retail version to download which kinds of defeats the WHOLE purpose. The retail guys have a hard copy. It's the laptop/oem/3rd party users that need a copy.
2. Replace the hard drive. If anyone has a chronos7 or checked the web, this model is extremely difficult to open up. High risk of just damaging it physically. However, hardware was test to be functionally.
3. Can't remove batteries, same reason as #2.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !!!
Based on what I read here, here is my history of steps so far:
1. Create a window 7 recovery disc from another laptop to try to save the samsung chronos 7. It got to pick your country/language -> selected US -> Next. Then that was it, nothing happen after.
2. During boot, hold onto F4 -> Repair system -> tried to load and stop. Didn't get to select your country/language. I know there are many more options after this step to help with the repairs since I've done this before but it is not loading this time.
3. Hard reboot, hold F2 (although this doesn't get me to the BIOS everytime? Why is that???). In BIOS -> F9 to restore default -> F10 save and exit. Reboot normally, doesn't load on the window's icon screen.
4. F8 during boot -> tried safe mode / with network / etc -> nothing happens
Hardware seems to be OK since I've checked with Ubuntu. Everything is there. Also, I disconnected everything while doing these tests.
I know if I can get it to boot, I can start a restore time point and get it back to a workable condition.
Steps I can't do:
1. Can't image a window 7 iso disc since my product key is a 3rd pary os installed. MS and changed policy to allow only retail version to download which kinds of defeats the WHOLE purpose. The retail guys have a hard copy. It's the laptop/oem/3rd party users that need a copy.
2. Replace the hard drive. If anyone has a chronos7 or checked the web, this model is extremely difficult to open up. High risk of just damaging it physically. However, hardware was test to be functionally.
3. Can't remove batteries, same reason as #2.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !!!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- samsung chronos
- OS
- Windows 7
- Browser
- chrome
