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Hard Drive Failure - Help

  • 02-06-2006 7:20am
    #1
    ChicoMendez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    woke up this morning and my laptop will not boot (worked fine last night)
    i get message saying select restart and select boot device...
    when i put in the recovery/installation cd and try to recover ,... says no hard drive has been detected... same when i try to reinstall XP.


    Anybody know how i can get this sorted pleaseeeeeee.

    Tnx

    PS: its a targa laptop


Comments

  • #2
    Mr Mojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Mr Mojo


    1st try removing your HDD and re-inserting it in again, if no joy then check your BIOS settings (normally F12 or something similar at bootup) to see if the laptop detects the device. If it doesn't see it, it sounds like your HDD is dead...


  • #3
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    It is possible track 0 on the HDD is the only thing buggered. It may be salvageable.

    Get a copy of spinrite 6.0 from somewhere.
    Make a boot CD on another PC to use booting up your laptop.
    Change the boot disk priority in your bios so that the laptop boots from CD.
    Run the repair option in Spinrite.
    If it works immediately backup up everything.
    Consider buying a new drive.

    /Edit I had to do this myself last week.


  • #4
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭Darwin


    Another option is to get a 2.5" IDE to USB adapter (such as this one on ebay or shop around for others). Remove the drive, install the adapter, plug USB cable into host PC and hopefully the drive will appear as one or more drive letters on the host.


  • #5
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    you can also get adapters for normal parallel ATA for connecting to desktop PCs pretty cheap, which might be handy for diagnosing.


  • #6
    ChicoMendez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭ChicoMendez


    TNX lads

    strangest thing is that a switched the laptop of and on a few times and and it eventually worked yesterday...

    however i try to start it this morn and f@@king thing is the same....strange...


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  • #7
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Better get any important documents off it so when you can.


  • #8
    ChicoMendez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭ChicoMendez


    same thing happened again today ... working now after 20 reboots.....
    ill backup alright but would like to get to bottom of it ... ill try the tools above


  • #9
    netwhizkid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭netwhizkid


    ChicoMendez wrote:
    same thing happened again today ... working now after 20 reboots.....
    ill backup alright but would like to get to bottom of it ... ill try the tools above

    Seriously I'd advise you back up your important documents the next time that you manage to get the PC switched on and running. If the HD is buggered as I sounds like it is, then retrieving documents off the "Disk" itself inside is a costly and troublesome business, Backup first then get to the bottom of the problem later.

    A stitch in time saves nine!


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