Sony Vaio Laptop

[Jodester]

I have a VGN-FS515B - when I switched it on a black screen comes up saying windows did not open properly. I have tried all the options offered to open it but nothing is working?

 

[C12Friedman]

I'll suggest running SeaTools for DOS http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/ld25-series/seatools-dos-master/ - you'll need to extract it and put it onto a disk. Instructions for "How to burn an .iso image onto a CD" are here http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/201431en