Laptop won't boot, fan is on and hard disc spins

Jim Grant

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Apr 19, 2014
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Acer aspire 5536. Recently had intermittant trouble booting up, now problem is constant. When powering up, fan comes on and HDD spins in pre-boot mode then stops (however, sound like it is still spinning), screen remains blank. HDD only weeks old and works fine on daughters Acer laptop. Any suggestions? Cheers.