Well, I am pretty sure that his computer is now fixed. I went over there last night after work, did the recovery with my recovery disc, and typed in those commands you mentioned in the repair screens command prompt.
Turned on and booted up after the first recovery. It stayed on for about 20 minutes then it suddenly died. Even though he said it wouldn’t turn on for like 10-20 minutes after crashing I went ahead and tried to turn it back on. Well, the LEDs came on and the fans ran, but that is all; nothing else powered up. I have had this happen before, it was the power supply. So I told him he probably needed to replace the power supply… We went and bought a Thermal Take PS; I put it in, booted right up and it has been running since about 7PM last night, so over 18 hours.
Also, once I got it back up the second time (with a new power supply) I checked the event viewer (I’m not very familiar with this screen) and it mentioned Kernel-Power so I’m guessing it was saying it either didn’t have enough power, or lost power when it died.
Again, thanks for your help Saltgrass. Lets hope it stays running strong for quite a while.
-Brad