Hello everyone, I currently have a problem with a hp a1737c desktop computer running windows vista home premium.
When the computer is turned on it gives an error screen telling me to run repair with my windows installation disc, if i go ahead and try to use the disc or F11 it shows the Windows Loading Files black screen. Then after it's full it goes into the vista screen that has the loading bar at start up. After about 10 seconds of this you get to see a black screen with the mouse pointer for about a second and then it crashes with a blue screen telling me that the os missing it is corrupted and give me an error code.
So with it not loading f11 or OS disc what are my options?
-This is what i've done.
-Reset Bios settings to default.
-Took cmos battery out and put it back in. Same goes for Ram.
-Tested HDD and RAM with two different tools each. Both tests on both tools passed.
- Unplugged everything except hard drive and power supply from Mother Board. Same problem kept happening.
-Took out SATA HDD and plugged it into my other desktop and as soon as i plugged it in that same blue screen crashed my desktop. Unplugged it right away and my second desktop was fine.
-Tried loading an XP OS disc and surprisingly it boots up fine into the set up.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Roger