Unable to start my Satellite A300

Hi!
I have a problem. Hope somebody can help.
My laptop won't start. Every time I turn it on, it flashes this message saying "your computer was unable to start".
Then it will run start-up repair...and up to now, start-up repair is still running but nothing happens...its been running for 2 hours now...
Can anybody help? Do I have to reformat my laptop? I hope not...
Satellite A300
Windows Vista Premium

Hello
Maybe your HDD is faulty but Im not sure. You can test this with the Drive Fitness Test
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
In worst case you must contact the authorized service provider. Maybe a part must be exchanged but the technicians can help you.
Greets

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Have you already contacted the authorized service provider again? If not, do it please! You should speak with the technicians again and then you will see what they can do for you.
I can understand you that this is annoyed but such things can happen and I think the ASP will do the best to help you. To be honest I have good experience with my ASP. The repair goes very fast and the technicians are very friendly and competent. Its always nice to talk with them a little bit.
Im not a technician but maybe they can repair it as a gesture of goodwill or you have only to pay the mainboard and not the exchange
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Message was edited by: helifella - added one more issue...

Thanks for the advice. Won't be touching the BIOS any more.
Think I found a solution to the WLPG problem = Picasa! No, but seriously, I will try the Windows or Windows Live forums when I get the opportunity. I must say I did like the face recognition in Picasa, makes tagging people pretty easy. If only tags were more standardised like audio tags (okay, I know there are a few formats but they're pretty good) so when I imported the photos I had already tagged in WLPG they were recognised by Picasa - grr.
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i m new in Linux and Ubuntu, i installed ubuntu 8.10 last week;
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just one thing that make me "" it's the cooling ventilator of my laptop, i explain :
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