hard drive problem?

t&mwol · 05-14-2008, 05:06 PM

Hi there
A couple of days ago my computer just conked out on me! It just turned itself off. Now it won't turn on at all. I tried several times, but each time, windows starts loading, then, a screen comes up with four options for me to start, such as 'start in safe mode' etc. I have tried starting up with these four options, and none of them worked. Each time the blue screen flashed up for about half a second before the computer went off again.
Any ideas what could be causing this problem? Any ideas if it could be fixed? and if so how?
I was wondering if it is a hard drive problem. Does it sound like this?
Is it possible to swap the back up harddrive with the main harddrive, so that the backup can run as the main hardrive and would this fix the problem? If so how do u do this?

Any suggestions welcome
Thanks

hackapelite · 05-15-2008, 01:31 AM

This doesn't sound like a HDD problem to me, or any kind of hardware problem for that matter...happened to me before. Which windows version is it? Do you have the installation disk?

If you're worried about your data, do you have another computer to plug the HD into?

t&mwol · 05-15-2008, 06:54 PM

its windows xp. I have the installation disk.....somewhere....
any ideas on what to do anyone?

t&mwol · 05-18-2008, 07:43 PM

Hi there, does anyone know how to swap harddrives over? i suspect there is a problem with the hard drive, as the light does not come on and it makes no noise. I have a slave hard drive, so how do i swap the jumpers over so that the slave is now the main hard drive, and run the main hard drive as the slave hard drive?

05-14-2008, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	hard drive problem? Hi there A couple of days ago my computer just conked out on me! It just turned itself off. Now it won't turn on at all. I tried several times, but each time, windows starts loading, then, a screen comes up with four options for me to start, such as 'start in safe mode' etc. I have tried starting up with these four options, and none of them worked. Each time the blue screen flashed up for about half a second before the computer went off again. Any ideas what could be causing this problem? Any ideas if it could be fixed? and if so how? I was wondering if it is a hard drive problem. Does it sound like this? Is it possible to swap the back up harddrive with the main harddrive, so that the backup can run as the main hardrive and would this fix the problem? If so how do u do this? Any suggestions welcome Thanks

05-15-2008, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
hackapelite Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Solicitor's office Posts: 932	This doesn't sound like a HDD problem to me, or any kind of hardware problem for that matter...happened to me before. Which windows version is it? Do you have the installation disk? If you're worried about your data, do you have another computer to plug the HD into? __________________ BY READING THE ABOVE POST, YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING: "The above post is provided solely for entertainment purposes and is not to be taken as professional advice. Therefore, I shall not be held responsible for any damage or losses that are result from anything I have posted, to the extent applicable by law. In the unlikely event that I CAN be held responsible, I have never been here, I am not here, and I will never be here, and it will be highly questionable whether I even exist."

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05-15-2008, 06:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	its windows xp. I have the installation disk.....somewhere.... any ideas on what to do anyone?

05-18-2008, 07:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
t&mwol New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Hi there, does anyone know how to swap harddrives over? i suspect there is a problem with the hard drive, as the light does not come on and it makes no noise. I have a slave hard drive, so how do i swap the jumpers over so that the slave is now the main hard drive, and run the main hard drive as the slave hard drive?