Hard Drive Failure Hardware and Software Hardware by fvdave30 … and now will not start up. I have removed the hard drives. The secondary data disk is fine and I can… ide adapter with no problem. I have a hard time reading the primary hard disk with the same usb to ide adapter… it will quite working altogether. I am wandering if the hard drive is failing or there is something wrong with it because… Re: Hard Drive Failure Hardware and Software Hardware by Rik_ You need to get some hard drive diagnostics software from the manufacturer of your hard drive's website and test it out! hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Hardware by scaliwag …, 0xe101aa06, 0x00d1b880) Kernel_Data_Inpage_Error So i am wondering if my hard drive has died or if it is just some data corruption…using a knoppix live cd I get access to my hard drive and all the files on it, but everything is…2000 professional on an hp omnibook xe3 =/ and the hard drive is a Toshiba MK8026GAX. I searched for my stop message… hard drive failure help! Hardware and Software Hardware by mcfarden hi my hard drive has stopped working! i think there was a powersurge and ther is serious data corruption. what can i do to get my work off my hard drive. Please reply Andy Re: hard drive failure help! Hardware and Software Hardware by Thong_Ispector … CD and run entirely in RAM and never touch your hard drive. (Very important that you do not install or write to… included software. It helps if you have an old CD Drive to boot knoppix if you intend to burn things to… Re: Hard Drive Failure Hardware and Software Hardware by rubberman …Linux software to repair the registry on the Windows system drive. I've never been unable to fix a system with…state, they are still pwnd. Anyway, to check if your drive is fubar physically, and not just pwnd with a virus…whether that would be best for you, but Seagate's drive diagnostic software will work with non-Seagate drives, although obviously… Hard drive has crashed Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Chrisd_h …! I have a HP pavilion with a 40GB Ultra DMA hard drive. It came with Windows XP pre-installed so I have… it did not fix it and then I got a hard drive failure imminent message. I have recently installed a new version of… mouse or keyboard so I guess hard drive is fried. Can I just install any new hard drive? I found a new one that… Hard Drive failure?? Windows XP- Home on my Dell Laptop Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by 1salmon1 … was that they are going to send me a new hard drive. ~I am told that its possible that windows update downloaded… its going to run me about $100 to put my hard drive to a 'slave' to recover my documents ~the local CIT… Re: hard drive failure Hardware and Software Hardware by caperjack Fact is ,if it died you will never be able to boot to it .there is no reset on a hard drive Re: Hard drive has crashed Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Chrisd_h Hard drive did completely die. Have put a new one in and hopefully have everything resolved now. Thanks for the help. Re: hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Hardware by JANINE … as an improperly terminated SCSI device, bad blocks on the hard disk, or a conflict with the BIOS or other firmware…, use it to do a thorough check of each physical hard disk on the system. [quote] [URL]http://www.experiencewindows.co… Re: hard drive failure help! Hardware and Software Hardware by jwenting … services cost thousands of dollars/Euros at least. If the drive is still under warranty the best you can do is… try to get a warranty replacement for it. Contact your drive manufacturer. They might even be able to repair it if… Re: Hard Drive was not found Hardware and Software Hardware by John A … BIOS, and see if that works. If not, then your hard drive cable is probably loose or disconnected. If you savvy enough… cable that connects your hard drive to the motherboard. Still not working? Probably a hard drive failure. You will need a new hard drive, which is pretty… Re: Hard Drive Failure Hardware and Software Hardware by fvdave30 Thank you for all the suggestions from the above replies. I will try them and see what happens. fried hard drive Hardware and Software Hardware by nickejoe Just installed a maxtor 200gig hard drive. Got it up and …An inspection of the hard drive showed a black/burned/smelly spot on the drive circuit board. Question 1… circuit board and have ordered a identical drive form same supplier. Any helpfull comments regarding…up the case fan the cause of the hard drive failure or was it just a coincidence? (need… Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by withthelightsou …. My sister was copying a DVD image to my hard disk drive when suddenly she calls me... "Uhhh nora your…however the problem is slightly different than with the broken drive. For drive 1 and 2, everything appears to work fine (drives…work in ANY machine. How unlikely is it that my hard drive should "break" at the same time as some… Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by JANINE …. My sister was copying a DVD image to my hard disk drive when suddenly she calls me... "Uhhh nora your…work in ANY machine. How unlikely is it that my hard drive should "break" at the same time as some…let me know. Thanks![/QUOTE] Alright. it sound like your hard drive has severely failed here hence the blue screen error. can… Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by JANINE …i am building. My problem is that my hard drive wont fit in the bay designated for that …theres plenty of depth between them and the hard drive bays. can anyone tell me why on earth… what appears to be a standard hard drive will not fit into what appears to be… inside the bay. i just took the drive back and exchanged it for another 1 that… Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by JANINE … of which i am building. My problem is that my hard drive wont fit in the bay designated for that purpose. its… located as theres plenty of depth between them and the hard drive bays. can anyone tell me why on earth what appears… to be a standard hard drive will not fit into what appears to be a standard… Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by Catweazle Okay, simple answer only needed! Point one. your hard drive has died. Replace it. Point two: If you take a… Windows XP installed hard drive from one computer, and bung it in another computer, it…of the word 'replica' If it actually was an identical drive which had been installed with Windows in a different computer… Cannot boot to windows Hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by jdbaker82 … about 1 year old and I have noticed that the hard drive would make some weird grinding and clicking noises at time… me a message saying there is a problem with the Hard Drive please contact Gateway troubleshooting guide, and I can no longer… "Disk read error". I get the impression the Hard drive may be toast but what is the best way for… Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by withthelightsou [QUOTE=JANINE]Alright. it sound like your hard drive has severely failed here hence the blue screen error. can …bios. hence the reason why its only seeing an identical drive here. hope this helps:)[/QUOTE] I wasn't htere for… an error about how the computer could not read the drive. RE:the other drives... they ARE recognized, and listed … Re: Very strange hard drive failure problem, stumped totally. Hardware and Software Hardware by big frog …quote=JANINE;130672]Alright. it sound like your hard drive has severely failed here hence the blue screen error… this helps:)[/quote] I have a similar problem: c: drive died, switched drives around, messed w/ setup settings, bought… new HD, installed it and original D: drive, ran cd installer, booted, raid bios correctly found both … Re: Cannot boot to windows Hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by jdbaker82 That's what I was afraid of, but if the hard drive is still good couldnt I just connect it to another computer as a secondary hard drive and retrieve data that way?, and then reformat/partition and clean install? Re: Cannot boot to windows Hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by nanosani …]That's what I was afraid of, but if the hard drive is still good couldnt I just connect it to another… computer as a secondary hard drive and retrieve data that way?, and then reformat/partition and… Re: Cannot boot to windows Hard drive failure? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by jdbaker82 … I boot I am getting "A Problem with the Hard drive has been detected" followed by "A disk read… Re: Hard drive has crashed Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Bear [b][color=blue]Any IDE hard drive should work just fine, your BIOS may or may not recognize a hard drive that large though. How old is the computer?[/color][/b] Re: Hard drive has crashed Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Catweazle … on a 'hidden partition on your hard drive. I wouldn't assume straight off that your drive is kaput - it could be simply… Re: hard drive failure Hardware and Software Hardware by Phaelax … run fdisk and rebuild the partition on the drive. (doesn't mean the drive isn't bad though) Another possibility is a… on its age, you may be able to RMA the drive, they're owned by Seagate now so check their website… with the drive's serial number to see if its still under warranty… hard drive failure Hardware and Software Hardware by desijohns …. It used to boot but i couldn't access the drive (The drive is no longer allowing me to access it, Its…