omg, my hard drive just died

Zenphic · 24th Nov 2008, 12:56 PM

RIP
Western Digital Scorpio 160GB WD1600BEVT

I got it with my Dell Inspiron 1525 that I bought in July. Just yesterday, I was surfing the net and the lappy began to get real laggy as if there was a write delay or something. Then a blue screen and whenever I tried booting the laptop it would give an error with a "No bootable devices" message.

The hard drive doesn't even seem to be able to turn it. Whenever I feed power to it, it makes a "beep, beep, beep" (kinda like the sound of a HDD spinning up, but it is unable to). The HDD is not recognized in the lappy's BIOS. I tried running Disk Commander and a Linux LiveCD but they both do not detect the HDD.

I tried plugging it to my PC and it didn't allow my PC to boot into Windows. I tried plugging it to a HDD enclosure, but Windows does not see anything under USB Mass Storage Device.

I finally figured that it was a hardware failure. It sucks really bad because I was not able to recover my data.

I called Dell, troubleshooted to no avail and, finally, they're going to be sending me a new HDD in a few days.

sigh...

Lacus · 24th Nov 2008, 01:41 PM

ouch. that sucks >_<...

Chai · 24th Nov 2008, 01:46 PM

I learnt my lesson by backing up HDD on a separate external HDD.

mikegas · 24th Nov 2008, 01:47 PM

Ooops .. bad bad.. wish I could help ..

The_YongGrand · 24th Nov 2008, 02:08 PM

Agh, it sucks to have a dead HDD...

Have you tried the Spinrite yet? I heard that they could salvage stuff even from a broken HDD...

lee_what2004 · 24th Nov 2008, 02:26 PM

hopefully its only hdd failure ><

Adrian Wong · 24th Nov 2008, 02:58 PM

Wow.. That sucks! I hope you have a recent backup of your stuff.

alyy8128 · 24th Nov 2008, 04:03 PM

haih~~~ my HDD these few weeks also not feeling well. It sometimes give me the "Blue Screen of Death". Yesterday cannot boot up already. Last time I still can plug into other computer to format it. Now donno can or not. Have to try tonight. After i backup all the required data, sure I"ll take it to shop for get a new replacement.

zy · 24th Nov 2008, 05:04 PM

speaking of hard disk failure. i need to backup my external. its failing after... several abuse..

Adrian Wong · 24th Nov 2008, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zy

speaking of hard disk failure. i need to backup my external. its failing after... several abuse..

What did you do? Leave it running all the time?

24th Nov 2008, 12:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zenphic Super Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,098 Reputation: 467 Rep Power: 9	omg, my hard drive just died RIP Western Digital Scorpio 160GB WD1600BEVT I got it with my Dell Inspiron 1525 that I bought in July. Just yesterday, I was surfing the net and the lappy began to get real laggy as if there was a write delay or something. Then a blue screen and whenever I tried booting the laptop it would give an error with a "No bootable devices" message. The hard drive doesn't even seem to be able to turn it. Whenever I feed power to it, it makes a "beep, beep, beep" (kinda like the sound of a HDD spinning up, but it is unable to). The HDD is not recognized in the lappy's BIOS. I tried running Disk Commander and a Linux LiveCD but they both do not detect the HDD. I tried plugging it to my PC and it didn't allow my PC to boot into Windows. I tried plugging it to a HDD enclosure, but Windows does not see anything under USB Mass Storage Device. I finally figured that it was a hardware failure. It sucks really bad because I was not able to recover my data. I called Dell, troubleshooted to no avail and, finally, they're going to be sending me a new HDD in a few days. sigh... __________________ E2160 @ 1.8Ghz (0.95V) \| XFX 650i Ultra \| 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte GeForce 6600 \| Hitachi Desktar T7K250 250GB \| CM Mystique 632 \| 2x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM \| CM RPP 550W

24th Nov 2008, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	ouch. that sucks >_<... __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]

24th Nov 2008, 01:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	I learnt my lesson by backing up HDD on a separate external HDD. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

24th Nov 2008, 02:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Hyperactive Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,744 Reputation: 1144 Rep Power: 18	Agh, it sucks to have a dead HDD... Have you tried the Spinrite yet? I heard that they could salvage stuff even from a broken HDD... __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Asus P5B-E Plus, nVidia Geforce 7950GT 512MB DDR3

24th Nov 2008, 02:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
lee_what2004 Super Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 1,313 Reputation: 1106 Rep Power: 14	hopefully its only hdd failure >< __________________ Once a wise-man said : Chapter 1: Don't ever compare if you want to stay constant..... Chapter 2: Whatever you have done in the internet, you will never get away from it... Chapter 3:To be continued after I thought another one

24th Nov 2008, 01:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 464 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 4	Ooops .. bad bad.. wish I could help ..

24th Nov 2008, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
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24th Nov 2008, 04:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
alyy8128 Getting there Join Date: 22 Jan 2006 Location: Senai Johor Posts: 154 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 5	haih~~~ my HDD these few weeks also not feeling well. It sometimes give me the "Blue Screen of Death". Yesterday cannot boot up already. Last time I still can plug into other computer to format it. Now donno can or not. Have to try tonight. After i backup all the required data, sure I"ll take it to shop for get a new replacement. __________________ 愿：世界和平

24th Nov 2008, 05:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,336 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	speaking of hard disk failure. i need to backup my external. its failing after... several abuse.. __________________

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