I have an Asus laptop with Windows 8. The hard drive recently went bad. I received a message stating the computer needed repairs. I suspected the hard drive so I swapped it out with one from an older laptop. I was able to get the computer up and running with the exception of Internet access. I'm not currently worried about the hard drive. What I'm concerned about is whether I can replace the hard drive or if I should replace the entire laptop.
Hard drive went bad in Asus.
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You can just replace the hard drive. But you will have to reinstall the operating system and you will not have had a recovery disk when you bought the computer. But you can install Windows 10 which you can get as an ISO from here:-
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
You will have to make installation media from that tool either on a DVD or a USB pen drive. You can then use that to re-install Windows 10 on your new hard drive. It should just install using the Microsoft Windows 8 product number that is hidden in your BIOS.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
You will have to make installation media from that tool either on a DVD or a USB pen drive. You can then use that to re-install Windows 10 on your new hard drive. It should just install using the Microsoft Windows 8 product number that is hidden in your BIOS.
Um there is no OS, his hard drive "went bad."
Thanks guys. Not a problem to upgrade to windows 10. My main concern was whether the rest of the PC was ok. It seems to be, but I'm no expert. I only know enough to be dangerous. The few bucks for a new hard drive might be worth trying. My next thing will be to see if I can get the data off the bad drive without spending the money for a pro to do it. I just can't afford it. I can rebuild the data if I have to, but it will take days to do so.
In a laptop the hard drive has an astronomically higher failure rate than other components, mainly due to physical movement/shocks/handling by being a mechanical drive in a mobile platform.
Since you replaced the drive I would suspect that you would be good moving forward with the rest of the other hardware.
Solid state drives are becoming relatively inexpensive which can alleviate a lot of the 'fragile' nature of mobile storage.
Since you replaced the drive I would suspect that you would be good moving forward with the rest of the other hardware.
Solid state drives are becoming relatively inexpensive which can alleviate a lot of the 'fragile' nature of mobile storage.
He said he switched the drive out from a older laptop