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Aspire M5811 loads and shows "Detect Drives Done, No Any Drives Found" and after the windows logo screen it loops and does the exact same thing. It wont boot into Windows 7.

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Brief addendum and practical follow-up.

reported an Aspire M5811 that showed "Detect Drives Done, No Any Drives Found" and then looped after the Windows logo. The OP later used the Acer recovery disk, ran the memory diagnostic, and removed multiple viruses, which restored normal boot. 's suggestion to use recovery media and startup repair was applicable; asked to mark the thread solved.

Why this pattern appears: the message and boot-loop can come from several root causes — damaged boot files/BCD (often due to malware), file-system or partition-table corruption, a drive not being properly detected by BIOS (loose cable, wrong SATA mode), failing storage, or RAM errors that provoke repeated boot failures. In this case the successful memory check plus virus removal points to software/rootkit damage as the likely trigger, but hardware checks should not be skipped when diagnosing similar symptoms.

Practical checklist (safe, ordered steps for the same symptom):

  • Image the disk before making repairs if important data exists (disk image/clone tools).
  • Confirm BIOS/UEFI sees the drive, verify boot order and correct SATA mode (AHCI vs IDE).
  • Run memory and drive diagnostics (MemTest86 or Windows Memory Diagnostic; vendor SMART/bootable diagnostics).
  • Boot Windows Recovery Environment (recovery media or installer) and try Startup Repair. If that fails, from the recovery command prompt run filesystem and boot repairs:
chkdsk C: /f /r
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
  • If the partition table is damaged, use a partition-recovery tool such as TestDisk (read-only scans first).
  • For malware-suspected cases, run offline rescue scanners (bootable rescue media) and full AV/antimalware scans, then change passwords and restore from clean backups if available.

Because resolved the problem with recovery tools and malware removal, the thread may be considered solved. Keep a current image and backups to avoid data loss if the issue recurs.

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Insert a windows 7 CD and boot from CD in BIOS.If it still have the manufacturers partition you may also be able to access recovery tools through one of the F keys on boot, though I'm unsure which one as it changes between models. There should be a manual online that can tell you more about Acer e-recovery.

You should be able to launch startup repair from either of these methods.

It sounds like the partition table has been corrupted and you should be able to rebuild it.

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I already fixed it. I used the recovery disk and used memory diagnostics and it got me in. After removing most of the viruses I was able to boot into it without any problems

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Well done :)

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Mark this as Solved please.

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