stuck on auto repair boot loop

jng

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I was playing WOW the other night on my month old PC and all of a sudden I got a full red screen. I restarted the comp and this auto repair screen popped up and it freezes and just same thing over and over. the bottom of the screen is cut off and the only other window i can get into is the bios setup utility window. Cant get into any kind of safe mode nothing.
my computer is an
[h=1]Gateway SX2370-UR12[/h]
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    w8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway SX2370-UR12
can i make a recovery disk from a different comp? it is under warranty but I did read reviews on the repair center and not a single good review everyone was on there looking for an answer asking where their computer was lol anyone know of anything we can do at home to try and figure out what is wrong?think this is a hardware issue ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    w8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway SX2370-UR12
When Windows 8 has a bad shutdown, is causes hard drive errors. This has happened to me a hundred times at least, my best fix is to use Hiren's Boot CD -> Dos Programs -> Hard Drive Tools, So you have a Gateway, then use GWscan, on the 3rd page of Dos HD Programs. Or you can download GWscan from Gateway yourself and stick it on a bootable CD or Flash Drive.

Hit "Choose Disk", select your main system drive from the list, and run the first 2 tests, the SMART test and the Short HDD test. If there is an issue with your drive, it will then prompt you to run the Long test, this takes usually an hour. I would do it anyway if I were you.

After this is done, you need to run a CHKDSK on your Drive, so you can use either your Windows 8 Install DVD or any Windows 7 install DVD, it doesn't matter 32 or 64 bit.

Boot from the Install Disk, and go into Troubleshooting. Pull up the Command Prompt, it'll be Drive X:

From there type

CHKDSK x: /x /r

Where x = your main system hard drive letter, it may not be C so check using dir c:, d: .e:. etc until you see the Windows Filesystem scroll. Then run CHKDSK on THAT disk only. After that, restart your system and let it finish ANY Auto Repair it might try, it should finish quick after the HDD has been repaired.

Note: If you have an SSD, then none of this will work, but you STILL have to run the SSD tools on your drive, get them from the MFG of your SSD drive.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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