Slow windows 7 recovery

[Tittles]

I got my aunts laptop with windows 7. When it starts it says windows is loading files and then it goes to a desktop wallpaper for along time then starts to scan to fix windows. I waited 3 hours and it still doesn't do anything but search. I can't boot into any type of safe mode it just does the same thing.

Any clues? She doesn't have a windows 7 cd because she lost it.

 

[Tittles]

Never mind

Did a HD test and got a error code that ended up saying online that the HD is bad. Sad its only 6 months old and already bad HD.

 

[LordOfLA]

HDD's will either die in the first 6-12 months or last longer than you

As for reloading windows 7 - as long as you have a valid key just grab an untouched MSDN iso from somewhere