Has my HDD died?

AnilSiv · 08-08-2006, 09:07 AM

I have a windows 98 laptop, and I believe it was bought 8 years ago, does that give suffcient evidence that it has just died, it wont come past the IBM screen, wont load windows (not even in safe mode) and I think it may have sort of, well, died?
can anyone help me?
Anil
crankyanilsiv@hotmail.co.uk

**The_Other_One** · 08-08-2006, 02:21 PM

I bet it has... That's a fairly common problem with laptops... I'd first boot it to a windows boot disk and run scan disk, see if you have any bad sectors and what not. If that comes out clean, maybe try a format and just reload it.

If format does come up with bad sectors, look around for a program that does a Low Level Format. Doing this will usally clear up bad sectors if the drive isn't too bad.

Mattu · 08-08-2006, 02:52 PM

Dose the hard drive light flash any? Do you hear the hard drive come on and start making that clicking noise like it dose normally?

08-08-2006, 09:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
AnilSiv New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London, UK Age: 16 Posts: 4	Has my HDD died? I have a windows 98 laptop, and I believe it was bought 8 years ago, does that give suffcient evidence that it has just died, it wont come past the IBM screen, wont load windows (not even in safe mode) and I think it may have sort of, well, died? can anyone help me? Anil crankyanilsiv@hotmail.co.uk

08-08-2006, 02:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I bet it has... That's a fairly common problem with laptops... I'd first boot it to a windows boot disk and run scan disk, see if you have any bad sectors and what not. If that comes out clean, maybe try a format and just reload it. If format does come up with bad sectors, look around for a program that does a Low Level Format. Doing this will usally clear up bad sectors if the drive isn't too bad. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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Mattu Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 431	Dose the hard drive light flash any? Do you hear the hard drive come on and start making that clicking noise like it dose normally? __________________ My Home Built Machine: Intel Pentium D 925 3GHz 1024MB DDR 2700 RAM Nvidia GeForce 7600 512MB

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