Hi Forum!
This is my first technical issue thread so I pray I recieve worthwhile help!!
I own an Asus Vista HP laptop manufactured in '99 and bought it second-hand in NOV. '10.
I made the big mistake of taking this lp without any discs whatsoever and thought I could just buy some later on.
The problem started just after I had DL Spybot Search and Destroy followed by a trial Norton 2012 Anti-Virus.
After shutdown I experienced the black screen/blinking cursor of death!!
I am also not able to access anything but BIOS(F2) and Escape.
F8,F10,F11 does not seem to work after many tries
I purchased a Recovery Disc Startup CD from an Ebay Vendor, however the CD drive also fails to read the disk! (did setup DVD drive as 1boot priority)
The good news is this particular Asus lp is equipped with a secondary Linux based OS for lightweight web browsing and media access called Express Gate.
I can view the hard drive and both play music and view photos through Express Gate so I'm sure my problem isn't a hard-drive failure? (EG can also read contents of inserted CD)
If there is any other way to get into my system restore prompt or at least get the drive to recognize a disc I would appreciate the help and advice.
Thanks.
This is my first technical issue thread so I pray I recieve worthwhile help!!
I own an Asus Vista HP laptop manufactured in '99 and bought it second-hand in NOV. '10.
I made the big mistake of taking this lp without any discs whatsoever and thought I could just buy some later on.
The problem started just after I had DL Spybot Search and Destroy followed by a trial Norton 2012 Anti-Virus.
After shutdown I experienced the black screen/blinking cursor of death!!
I am also not able to access anything but BIOS(F2) and Escape.
F8,F10,F11 does not seem to work after many tries
I purchased a Recovery Disc Startup CD from an Ebay Vendor, however the CD drive also fails to read the disk!
(did setup DVD drive as 1boot priority)The good news is this particular Asus lp is equipped with a secondary Linux based OS for lightweight web browsing and media access called Express Gate.
I can view the hard drive and both play music and view photos through Express Gate so I'm sure my problem isn't a hard-drive failure? (EG can also read contents of inserted CD)
If there is any other way to get into my system restore prompt or at least get the drive to recognize a disc I would appreciate the help and advice.
Thanks.
