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Sinistral
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My computer just up and died?
#5537956 - 04/20/06 02:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't know what happened, one night it's working perfect, no errors, no viruses, no nothing. The next morning I wake up to go on, and 'Disk Read Error - Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.' and that's all I get. No WinXP load up or anything, just a funny noise from the HD and a black screen with that message.
I don't have a WinXP CD because I bought the computer with it pre-installed, so reinstalling or booting from the CD is impossible. Any suggestions as to how to fix without having to buy a new HD?
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Ythan
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5538108 - 04/20/06 03:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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What kind of funny noise? Does it sound like any of these?
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rod
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5538192 - 04/20/06 03:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I,d say try and borrow someone XP cd, to get to the recovery console, and do a repair, maybe something took out the MBR. But could be other things like bad IDE cable, or HD. Good luck.
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5538440 - 04/20/06 05:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sounds like a bad hard drive to me. But first you can try to run chkdsk /r from the recovery console by booting up to your XP cd.
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BigGameHunter
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5538447 - 04/20/06 05:14 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sorry, just seen you don't have a XP cd
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5540093 - 04/21/06 04:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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When the splash screen loads when you boot up, is there an option to press a F key for Recovery.... often F10 for HPs for example... usually when your system comes without a Recovery disc, all the recovery information is on a separate partition on the hard drive. If that's the case, try a non destructive rebuild first and see what happens.
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Sinistral
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Ythan]
#5540201 - 04/21/06 06:44 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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What kind of funny noise?
Number one without that backround screeching. Just those clicks, and they are more repetetive.
As for the recovery option I've already tried. I try to get to the seperate partition but it tells me 'Disk Failed.'
I'm going to end up forking over the money for an entire new system.
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supra
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: Sinistral]
#5540543 - 04/21/06 10:13 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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dont by a whole new system unless you NEED to upgrade, that is what a lot of people who dotn know about computers do, it doesnt work so i need a new one, and go out and buy a whole system. Your hard drive went bad is all, you can replace that for 60-150 dollars depending on what size you need
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Re: My computer just up and died? [Re: supra]
#5541672 - 04/21/06 05:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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