Computer Die again. Suspected the Hardisk.

alyy8128 · 7th Oct 2008, 10:24 PM

Donno why my computer die again. It seems OK and still can online at 7pm by my sister for about 30min. Then, it left unattended for 1 hours. After i go to use it at 8.30pm, it become very slow. All the Firefox and Messenger are not responding. CPU still running very low (1-5% only).

Then i just restart the computer and it not able to log into the Windows. It stuck after BIOS start-up. Windows logo is not able to show up. Even safe mode is not able to log on.

Is this hardisk problem?

I had plug out the hardisk into a external enclosure but my laptop not able to detect it.

Any suggestion?

Adrian Wong · 7th Oct 2008, 11:52 PM

Wow.. That doesn't sound good.

Try booting into the BIOS. See if the BIOS can even detect the hard drive.

Orpheous · 8th Oct 2008, 06:08 PM

What operating system are you running?

I'm just wondering if it could be because of a recent XP SP3 installation?!?!

Do you have a "Brand Name" computer, or was it custom built?

Not sure if they've fixed the problem or not, but previous verssions of XPSP3 had major issues with any pc that's OS was "imaged" using an AMD CPU "donor" pc.
Similar thing happened to me when I updated a friends pc to SP3, then had to uninstall the update from a DOS command prompt...

alyy8128 · 8th Oct 2008, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Wow.. That doesn't sound good.

Try booting into the BIOS. See if the BIOS can even detect the hard drive.

BIOS can detect. Can run FDISK and can see it. FDISK also shows 2 partition in it.

BUT cannot access it or FORMAT it. Scandisk C:\ also cannot be done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orpheous

What operating system are you running?

I'm just wondering if it could be because of a recent XP SP3 installation?!?!

Do you have a "Brand Name" computer, or was it custom built?

Not sure if they've fixed the problem or not, but previous verssions of XPSP3 had major issues with any pc that's OS was "imaged" using an AMD CPU "donor" pc.
Similar thing happened to me when I updated a friends pc to SP3, then had to uninstall the update from a DOS command prompt...

It is a custom built system. Using AMDx2 5200+ on Gygabyte motherboard, Gygabyte 8400GS with external soundcard. Running 2GB 800hz DDR2.

Only have XP2. Not try XP3 yet.

What else will get wrong?

DarKSeeD · 9th Oct 2008, 03:39 AM

Hiren's BootCD 9.5 could be a way to check the drive. Use any HDD utility from the disk to check the HDD. What kind of hdd do you have and how old it is?

Chai · 9th Oct 2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alyy8128

BIOS can detect. Can run FDISK and can see it. FDISK also shows 2 partition in it.

BUT cannot access it or FORMAT it. Scandisk C:\ also cannot be done.

It is a custom built system. Using AMDx2 5200+ on Gygabyte motherboard, Gygabyte 8400GS with external soundcard. Running 2GB 800hz DDR2.

Only have XP2. Not try XP3 yet.

What else will get wrong?

I don't think you can FDISK it because it's using NTFS, while FDISK only supports FAT.

alyy8128 · 9th Oct 2008, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarKSeeD

Hiren's BootCD 9.5 could be a way to check the drive. Use any HDD utility from the disk to check the HDD. What kind of hdd do you have and how old it is?

It is 3-5 years old Seagate 40GB Hardisk. Its mean i need to use Seatools to check it?

Will those HDD utility recover the files inside?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

I don't think you can FDISK it because it's using NTFS, while FDISK only supports FAT.

The FDISK shows 2 partitions inside the Hardisk, with the correct partition size. Eventhough it is a NTFS.

Chai · 9th Oct 2008, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alyy8128

It is 3-5 years old Seagate 40GB Hardisk. Its mean i need to use Seatools to check it?

Will those HDD utility recover the files inside?

The FDISK shows 2 partitions inside the Hardisk, with the correct partition size. Eventhough it is a NTFS.

Yup, FDISK can see NTFS partition, but I don't think you can do any changes to it.

alyy8128 · 9th Oct 2008, 01:35 PM

Looks like it is hopeless for the old hardisk liao. But still can't figure out why it die suddently without any sympton. It is so well 1 hour before. Not power surge, no power failure, no physical impact on my computer.

No sympton on virus attack also. How it die?

Lacus · 9th Oct 2008, 03:52 PM

too old already the hdd?sometimes hardware tends to die..without us knowing what happen to it..but even if you were to recover the data, it is costly to do so =/

7th Oct 2008, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
alyy8128 Warming up Join Date: 22 Jan 2006 Location: Senai Johor Posts: 96 Reputation: 12 Rep Power: 0	Computer Die again. Suspected the Hardisk. Donno why my computer die again. It seems OK and still can online at 7pm by my sister for about 30min. Then, it left unattended for 1 hours. After i go to use it at 8.30pm, it become very slow. All the Firefox and Messenger are not responding. CPU still running very low (1-5% only). Then i just restart the computer and it not able to log into the Windows. It stuck after BIOS start-up. Windows logo is not able to show up. Even safe mode is not able to log on. Is this hardisk problem? I had plug out the hardisk into a external enclosure but my laptop not able to detect it. Any suggestion? __________________ 愿：世界和平

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DarKSeeD BOG Translator Join Date: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 228 Reputation: 101 Rep Power: 6	Hiren's BootCD 9.5 could be a way to check the drive. Use any HDD utility from the disk to check the HDD. What kind of hdd do you have and how old it is? __________________ Gizas! what a mess

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alyy8128 Warming up Join Date: 22 Jan 2006 Location: Senai Johor Posts: 96 Reputation: 12 Rep Power: 0	Looks like it is hopeless for the old hardisk liao. But still can't figure out why it die suddently without any sympton. It is so well 1 hour before. Not power surge, no power failure, no physical impact on my computer. No sympton on virus attack also. How it die? __________________ 愿：世界和平

9th Oct 2008, 03:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,026 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	too old already the hdd?sometimes hardware tends to die..without us knowing what happen to it..but even if you were to recover the data, it is costly to do so =/ __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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Orpheous Newbie Join Date: 7 Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 22 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	What operating system are you running? I'm just wondering if it could be because of a recent XP SP3 installation?!?! Do you have a "Brand Name" computer, or was it custom built? Not sure if they've fixed the problem or not, but previous verssions of XPSP3 had major issues with any pc that's OS was "imaged" using an AMD CPU "donor" pc. Similar thing happened to me when I updated a friends pc to SP3, then had to uninstall the update from a DOS command prompt...

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