mom handed me her friends computer, told me to fix it, and explained "I think its a virus, we cant install windows 7"

Booted it up, the computer shuts down after trying to start either of the OS' available from boot which are vista and vista (recovered)

Trying either in safe mode doesn't help either.

Before I just tell them to buy a new one because I dont have the spare hardware to troubleshoot minor shit, might you guys have any ideas?

In return, Morrowind porn.