Startup recovery stuck on attempting repairs

[colm64]

My laptop crashed and re-booted, on start up it went into startup recovery, But has been attepting rapairs for over 10 hours.

I have tried to get to system restore using win 7 disc but it just goes back to startup repair and sticks. so I never get to advanced options.

Anyone any ideas other that clean install?

 

[theog]

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

 

[gregrocker]

Check that the HD is detected in BIOS and then check its condition as given above.

If both these steps check out then work through the steps for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start