I have a Dell Inspiron M531R - 5535 windows 8 (or perhaps 8.1) that's a year old. It's been working fine until today. Last night I think i might have over heated but doubt it seeing as it didn't shut itself down like it usually does if it over heats (but it still might have idk).
I went to start it up today and it was stuck on the Dell loading screen for about 15 minutes. I restarted it using the power button and it took me to a "repairing disk errors" loading page. I waited seeing as it said it could take over an hour but after 3 hours I tried it all over again and waited ANOTHER 5 hours and it's still stuck on that loading screen. Twice it's gotten my hopes up by taking me to my sign in page but it won't let me type or click anything and just freezes there.
So, I tried to reset my pc back to factory mode in hopes that it would fix the problem. I've pressed every function button with the power and the only ones that work are the f5 and f8 button. They booth allow me to either pick setup or boot options. Neither one gives me the option to put my laptop in safe mode nor restore/repair. I even took the battery out and put it back in and it still does nothing.
To top it all off, I don't have a windows 8 recovery cd and have no idea how to get one (I don't know anyone else who has a windows 8 or 8.1)
Is there ANYTHING that can be done or should I take my laptop in to get repaired? Or the worst news of all, is my 500 dollar laptop done for good? [:'(]