Satellite A500-1GL - Can't start Windows

Hi,
I was in the process of rebuilding my Laptop with a fresh install of Windows 7 64bit and after everything was loaded it rebooted and sat at the pre-load screen which said "Boot from BBS-HARDDISK" It now wont go any further than this. Also, when I look at the BIOS settings I have lost the ability to boot from USB which is how I loaded W7.
The problem is everything I try either bluescreens my laptop OR it just sits at BBS-HARDDISK.
I have even tried a copy of XP which I had but nothing seems to work. (This is what Blue screens the laptop)
Is anyone able to help me out with this and would it be worth purchasing the reinstalation disk from Toshiba as I do not have the original that I made.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Tracy

Another tip to see if it is a hardware problem: Try to run a Knoppix Live Linux CD, do the memtest, if there are no problems at all, you should save your data (if you didn't do that before) and really run the recovery disk. If Knoppix doesn't work, you should either let your satellite repair or you should buy a new one.

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And why do you think the hard drive is defective?
Have you already tried the Repair your computer option? Usually with this option you can restore factory settings in few minutes.
Furthermore if you have the Toshiba recovery disk you can also restore factory settings from this disk. Just boot from it and follow the screen instructions. You have to make few clicks only, the installation with all drivers and tools happen automatically.
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Hi all
Some may know from my previous posts about my issue with the fan on my Satellite A500-1GL causing me concern when I am online gaming. Hitting 90% is worrying. And its still happening with the BIOS update and Toshiba now advising to do a factory restore then if that fails send in for repair.
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To be honest a lot of fan activity during gaming would be normal I think because games need a lot of CPU and GPU power, they always run on a very high level. That means a lot of heat will be produced and this must be cooled to avoid hardware damages.
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