Laptop problems - #2 - 07 fail

L-M · 21-09-2008 4:53pm #1

Well,

I have a Compaq presario laptop. Since yesterday it won't load up (loads up half way through the windows screen and half way though loading it stops, shows a blue screen and then restarts. I ran a Hard disk test and it comes up as a #2- 07 fail. Anyone shed some light on this? I really hope i haven't lost everything as there is lots on it very important to me.

Any help at all would be very much appreciated. (If i'm posting in the wrong section could someone send me in the right direction.)

Thanks again

Ruu_Old · 21-09-2008 4:54pm

Will it start in Safe Mode? Doesn't sound very good.

L-M · 21-09-2008 4:59pm

Nope, won't start in any thing. Tried them all

Tom Dunne · 21-09-2008 5:07pm

To try getting the data off the hard-drive, use a Linux boot disk.

If the data is recoverable, that will allow you access and copy it off to a CD-R or memory stick.

L-M · 21-09-2008 5:10pm

Thanks, any idea's on where i could get one? Rough idea on price if u know would be great. Thanks lads

Tom Dunne · 21-09-2008 5:14pm

Limerick-man wrote: »

Thanks, any idea's on where i could get one? Rough idea on price if u know would be great. Thanks lads

You can download one (for free) or you could buy any of the Linux magazines, they always have a Linux boot disk on the cover. Magazines are around €6.

L-M · 21-09-2008 5:35pm

Tom Dunne wrote: »

You can download one (for free) or you could buy any of the Linux magazines, they always have a Linux boot disk on the cover. Magazines are around €6.

Lol, i'll have to buy it, no idea what to do with downloading it and getting it onto the laptop. Thanks

MunsterCycling · 21-09-2008 11:39pm

You download it and then use a burning program like nero or alcohol to burn it to a cd or dvd (depending on the version you download), Just make sure you burn it as a disc image not just burn it staight to the disc as that won't work as a bootable disc.

MC

L-M · 24-09-2008 9:24pm

Tried hooking up the hard drive to a friends computer as an external and no joy. I'm going to have to send it off to get all my stuff on it, i can't afford to loose it. Hopefully i won't loose all the info on it. Thanks for the help.

selfbuildkk · 13-11-2008 4:42pm

Hi dont mean to hijack this thread but didnt feel necessary to start a new thread when im having the exact same problem. Its a compaq presario running on windows xp. Yesterday for no apparent reason it simply wouldnt load. get a black screen telling me that windows couldnt start properly etc. tried safe mode, tried back to last settings when it worked etc.
Im a complete novice when it comes to computers and was wondering if there is any hope for it? no idea about using it as an external, using linux?its about 2 years old by the way, am i better off just bringing it in to pc world where i bought it?all help greatly appreciated.thanks

L-M · 13-11-2008 5:45pm

Sounds the same as mine. I left mine rot for a month (lol lack of money) and then brought it into a lad in Limerick. Movie drome is the name of the place. Great service, €100 and it was fixed (i think there is an 80euro standard charge for laptops). Anyway, didn't need a new hard drive, and i don't know what they did to get it working, but he didn't have much to report back. Lol got it home and backed up all my files. Lucky and happy days:D

selfbuildkk · 13-11-2008 8:18pm

anyone any ideas of such a handy shop near kilkenny?

Laptop problems - #2 - 07 fail

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