Computer has power but will not boot past initial screen

[ddjam4]

Hi I have a Compaq presario CQ5320f

Motherboard: M2N68-LA (Narra6)

Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 240

Memory:3 GB PC3-10600 MB/sec (message as PC3-8500)

Hard drive:500 GB SATA 3.0 Gb/sec 7200 RPM

I have had the computer for about two years and never had a problem, one night i went to bed and turned off the computer and the next day it was not working. When i turn it on it just stays at the compaq logo screen and does not respond to any keyboard commands. If I hit the keys while it is turning on I can access the Bios menu, boot menu and system check, I can not access the system restore option. The system check shows everything as passing. I have switched out power supplies and no difference. I have used and old hard drive from another computer and it will boot up to the windows logo and then reset to the initial start up screen and be unresponsive. I tried plugging my hard drive into another computer and the screen was all crackly looking. I am by no means a tech expert I just would like to recover information off my hard drive though it would be better if i got the whole thing working properly again.

Thanks for any help,
David

 

[Tmagic650]

Hi David,
you can't move Windows boot hard drives from one PC to another without having problems. Your going to have to get another hard drive and install it as the C drive, then re-install Windows. Then take the "bad" hard drive and install it as a second drive to get any files off of it

 

[ddjam4]

Is that what you think the problem is, the hard drive? I did take out the 'bad' hard drive when i tried the old one. I was wondering if this could be a motherboard problem.

 

[Tmagic650]

Well you have to try a clean install of Windows to rule out hardware faults. If you can't complete the Windows install then we move on to hardware