Laptop doesn't boot into OS

[jappypack]

I have a crappy Acer laptop, and when I turn it on it stays at the Acer logo.

Windows doesn't work at all. Nor do any of my other Operating Systems. This wasn't because of a installation; it all happened so sudden, possibly because I force-shut down my laptop a few days ago, which is when the problem arose.

When I continously tap F2, it takes like 5 minutes JUST to get into the BIOS.

I tried booting into ZorinOS (Linux distro) via USB. Yesterday it worked, today it took about 20 minutes at the boot logo and I gave up (this could be an issue with the USB itself...)

My hard drive has been corrupt for ages, I remember yesterday hearing it make a faint beeping noise, I'm generally not sure whether it's failing or not because it was quiet, but noticeable. My installed Linux OS, Zorin, displayed that there was a bad sector in the boot file(I think??), while as for my other OS, I could see their folders (on the day the USB boot worked), but I couldn't access them.

What should I do now? I'm gonna build a new system, but that's gonna have to wait a few months. Right now, should I get a new Hard Drive and install Windows 7 on it? I'm a bit worried, since this problem has sort of 'spilled'.

[The Sloth]

get a cheap ssd 

[Doramius]

Try removing the hard drive and see if it gives you an error of not being able to identify a boot device.  If it makes it to this point, then replace the HDD.  If it still has an issue, you may have a problem at the BIOS level.

[jappypack]

2 hours ago, Doramius said:

Try removing the hard drive and see if it gives you an error of not being able to identify a boot device.  If it makes it to this point, then replace the HDD.  If it still has an issue, you may have a problem at the BIOS level.

It does that when I go into Legacy BIOS, of course I have my OS installed in UEFI.

[Doramius]

When did the issue start?  after a windows update, change in BIOS, BIOS update, after cloning a drive, etc.