> Sounds like my Windows 7. Nobody seems to want to fix it, so I wait and hope.
There may be ways to get it working again, but first, back up your data if at all possible.
You can back up a hard drive that won't boot, if you use a "disk-image" backup program that boots from a CD/DVD. I've had good luck with Acronis, there are others also. Then at least you'll have your data files in case something goes wrong with any attempts at repair or reload.
Or... If you can extract the hard drive from the failing computer, and mount it as an external drive on another Windows computer, you may be able to copy your files off it and back them up.
If you still have the original Win7 install disks, there may be a "recovery mode" available if you boot from those disks. Try to backup (as above) first.
Thank you!
That sounds like something I could screw up on my own, but I do know people smarter. I once tried and couldn’t even figure out how to open the Win 7 laptop and get the hard drive out. Told myself it was about as prudent as representing myself in court, if not performing my own surgery.
(At some things I’m positively brilliant. One of them is in knowing my limits!)