We have a Sony laptop that decided a few months ago to have a hard drive failure.
I tested my IT skills to the limit by replacing the HD, and reinstalling windows, along with most of the associated drivers I could find on the Sony Support site. All was working nicely, until it died, and wouldn’t boot at all.
Rather than faffing around, I took what I thought would be the easy approach, removed the & formatted it on another PC, with the plan to start afresh, again.
Only trouble is, it hasn’t worked!
Plugged everything back in, turned it on, popped the installation disk in & nothing happens – blank screen.
Same as if there is no disk in – laptop turns on, fan starts, but the screen stays blank.
I don’t get any option to go into the Bios, etc as the screen does nothing.
Have I missed something obvious? Is there a way to test everything is functioning as it should be? Or should I launch it down the garden in a fit of rage?