Help with asus notebook

[AndreLebrao]

My sisters laptop(Asus x450CA BR, the i5 3317, 6gb ram 500gb 5400rpm model)

stoped working so she gave it to me. First I tought it might be a software issue(it had so many viruses it couldnt even log in), so i formated the pc and tried to install windows 10 with an external drive, but it just dont accept the OS and keep restarting. The steps i took:

-Selected pen drive with win 10 installation program as boot drive

-confirmed installation

-selected hard drive to install it

When the item "preparing files" reaches 100% the pc just restart.

I think this is a hard drive problem, maybe swaping the hd will do the trick?

[AndreLebrao]

6 hours ago, Dryader said:

that or she has a really nasty rootkit on there.

Also maybe it's bricked?

Maybe, but it turn on and displayed the log in screen to windows, so i assume most of it is ok

[Tezza]

Asus laptops have a wierd structure, they have the drive partitioned with 2 hidden partitions, a restore partition (used for restore points) and a "recovery partition (hidden and usually around 120gb )so if you put a new drive in make sure it has those partitions, 

The recovery partition usually has ALL the drivers for that machine and the windows .wim file on it.most 2.5 drive's come pre partitioned like that. (mine has a 1tb dive split into 100gb,restore drive,120gb recovery 486gb C: drive and 500gb D: drive)

Hope this helps. if you repartitioned the drive it probably WONT boot up, the bios checks that partitioning scheme is present.