My Satellite L505D-S5992 Windows wont Start

Windows will not start, Runs Startup Repair, but says that it cannot automatically fix the problem.

Satellite L505D-S5992
Runs Startup Repair, but says that it cannot automatically fix the problem.
Does that mean you have access to the Windows Recovery Environment?
If so, open a command prompt, run this, and let us know what message you get.
bootrec /scanos
-Jerry

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I have a laptop as described in the subject running Windows 7 (32 bits).
After a windows update process run automaticaly by the system last week, computer started to work erratically, causing two major issues i have not been able to solve yet.
1 - Whenever computer boots, it shows the boot manager menu without pressing F12 or any other key. I tried to reset BIOS defaults but it did not work out, therefore now i always have to select the boot drive before i can continue working.
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if it works fine with a test drive then it just needs a new hard drive and they are very easy to replace.
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