Help with laptop.

[Coolio]

So, I tried taking the HDD out of my friend's dead laptop. If I tried booting at all, it would just reboot. I can't boot from USB or CD with the HDD or without, so what do you think is wrong with the laptop? I just want to be sure what's wrong so I can tell my friend.

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[IUV]

So, I tried taking the HDD out of my friend's dead laptop. If I tried booting at all, it would just reboot. I can't boot from USB or CD with the HDD or without, so what do you think is wrong with the laptop? I just want to be sure what's wrong so I can tell my friend.

Sounds like a fried motherboard.

[Coolio]

Sounds like a fried motherboard.

With the HDD in, it just says "Bootmgr is missing"
It's basically dead,

[KoopaScooper]

No, the Windows Boot Manager is missing. Fixing the MBR should do the trick.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

[Coolio]

No, the Windows Boot Manager is missing. Fixing the MBR should do the trick.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Uh, it won't boot from CD or USB.

[KoopaScooper]

Try making sure that the DVD/CD drive is set to the primary boot device in the BIOS
I had "You're forgeted" here until I realized what could be wrong

[Coolio]

You're forgeted.

Yeah.
I booted from USB once and ran HDD Regenerator as suggested by Ethan, then after I closed it while it was doing something, I couldn't boot from CD or USB. I feel loving autistic.

[Coolio]

Try making sure that the DVD/CD drive is set to the primary boot device in the BIOS
I had "You're forgeted" here until I realized what could be wrong

I do/did.

[KoopaScooper]

Yeah, I have no clue what's wrong then.
Sorry, your friend is going to have to get a new computer or send that one in to be repaired.
Or if the drive is SATA you can hook it up to a computer with SATA support and fix it there
I would still recommend him sending it in if it won't boot from CD

[Coolio]

And it ejects USB or CD if one is inserted.

[Coolio]

Also when you try booting, it says "SMART Failure Predicted"
That leads me to thinking the HDD is dead, along with the BIOS test saying to replace it.

[KoopaScooper]

SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, brown townysis and Reporting Technology, which means the drive would give an error to the motherboard should it find something wrong with itself.
Yeah, it's forgeted.

[Coolio]

SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, brown townysis and Reporting Technology, which means the drive would give an error to the motherboard should it find something wrong with itself.
Yeah, it's forgeted.

well that's nice
:)

EDIT: The HDD is dead, or the entire laptop is dead?

[T3HZ3N0N]

neither, the motherboard is fried and last time i checked the motherboard isnt an HDD or the whole laptop

[Coolio]

WELL THAT' S GAY