I have a Compaq Presario SR5710Y. I accidently cut the power on the surge protector as it was rebooting causing problems. It is very slow to respond to any commands now.
2 posts same question. 12 year old PC.your hdd is bad. (both that old) since is basically dead PC, why not boot to Linux live mediaclick try me, and pick disktest, Unbuntu v17+ is free)then see that old HDD Fail and the 2nd one too?no OS on earth will load to any bad hDD>buy SSD put it , and load OSyou didn't say what OS yor are running, VISTA?pulling the cord is no damage, not reallyit cause the dirty bit to set and old windows will recover that with F8 safe mode (no OS stated so Im not going to answer for all 5.)OLD AMD Athlon X2 4450e2008 made , 11 years old. it came new with VISTA (not good that) ever.HP does not support it nor does Microsoft.most of these are in the recycle center now.best is send it to IRAN, IF YOU GET MY DRIFT.A BAD HDD CAN NOT BE REPAIRED , not ever.if the S.M.A.R.T tests fail, 2001 to now, that is dead drive.for ever, MS., check disk never ever can repair any hDD.The smart test is free, if PC bootsrun crystaldiskinfo.exe free.the yellow or red drive means just that.the unrecoverable sectors over 0 is A BAD HDD.what install media is this, not said, so,,,, answers hard.the CD drive 12 years old can be badas can old CDs bad, if scratched.if PC is loved (why I;ve no clue) buy SSD new put it inand install W7. at least it has support.for a few more months. that is.LEARN THIS ABOUT ALL OLD HDD.THEY HAD NEW SPARE CLUSTERSWHEN OUT , THE DRIVE IS NOW NO GOOD.A FACT. RUN SMART TESTS, STATUS, IF IT SHOWS BAD IT IS BAD.FOR SURE.OTHER HDD TESTS IN FACT CAN BE USELESS. UNLESS 100% DEAD. (LIKE DEAD MOTOR DEAD)windows 10 (is toss coin if it can run)my guess no ,but lots of luck and it might.w7 ends support in Jan 2020on any old PC use the right tools to test the hDDand windows vista check disk IS NOT THAT TOOL.sorry.