Hard drives packed up !
29 July 2006, 06:11 PM
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Hard drives packed up !
Just spent tha afternoon installing programs on my old pc, only for the hard drive to die on me
Have been offered a 20gb hd for £15 is this the going rate for them? And is it just a case of sticking the new drive in and away you go? or do I have to format it and that malarky
cheers kot
Have been offered a 20gb hd for £15 is this the going rate for them? And is it just a case of sticking the new drive in and away you go? or do I have to format it and that malarky cheers kot
29 July 2006, 06:47 PM
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Chepeast you can get a new drive for is around £25-30 for a 40gb. 80gb not much more.
You'd need to install windows on your new drive if it's your main (boot) drive. If not, just format it in windows and away you go.
You'd need to install windows on your new drive if it's your main (boot) drive. If not, just format it in windows and away you go.
29 July 2006, 07:56 PM
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Got the 20 gig for a tener in the end .
Keep getting this coming up though
A problem has been dected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is your fisrt time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, floolow these steps:
Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Where do I Run CHKDSK /F from
Keep getting this coming up though
A problem has been dected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is your fisrt time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, floolow these steps:
Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Where do I Run CHKDSK /F from
29 July 2006, 10:37 PM
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king,
I guess you have an ATA drive ? Check that the jumpers are set in the right position. If its the only drive on the cable, set it to Master and make sure its at the end of the cable.
Jules
I guess you have an ATA drive ? Check that the jumpers are set in the right position. If its the only drive on the cable, set it to Master and make sure its at the end of the cable.
Jules
30 July 2006, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Got the 20 gig for a tener in the end .
Keep getting this coming up though
A problem has been dected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is your fisrt time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, floolow these steps:
Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Where do I Run CHKDSK /F from
Keep getting this coming up though
A problem has been dected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is your fisrt time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, floolow these steps:
Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Where do I Run CHKDSK /F from
That doesn't sound like a hard drive problem (at least, not usually) - overheating sounds more likely. But either way, you open a DOS window to run the CHKDSK command.
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30 July 2006, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by judgejules
king,
I guess you have an ATA drive ? Check that the jumpers are set in the right position. If its the only drive on the cable, set it to Master and make sure its at the end of the cable.
Jules
I guess you have an ATA drive ? Check that the jumpers are set in the right position. If its the only drive on the cable, set it to Master and make sure its at the end of the cable.
Jules
Noticed the jumper was set to cable select setting,so set it to master but still comes up with the same message.
kot
30 July 2006, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by _Meridian_
That doesn't sound like a hard drive problem (at least, not usually) - overheating sounds more likely. But either way, you open a DOS window to run the CHKDSK command.
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30 July 2006, 07:36 AM
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if your running 98 press f8 on booting, it will take you into the boot menu... select boot with command promt only.....when it hits the command prompt run chkdisk..not sure on xp tho
20 gig hd is v small btw... thata the size of my windowa partitiopn on one of my drives
Mart
20 gig hd is v small btw... thata the size of my windowa partitiopn on one of my drives
Mart
will give that a go though
30 July 2006, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Was already on there.
Sometimes you can get away with it if the systems are similar.
You need to reinstall, or perhaps repair Windows.
30 July 2006, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jowl
Thats probably why it's crashing on startup then. If it's taken out of a different system, with a different chipset then Windows won't have the correct drivers for your system to boot.
Sometimes you can get away with it if the systems are similar.
You need to reinstall, or perhaps repair Windows.
Sometimes you can get away with it if the systems are similar.
You need to reinstall, or perhaps repair Windows.
I have windows xp on disc.is it just a case of whacking the disc in to re install?
cheers kot
30 July 2006, 09:58 AM
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Yes, boot from Windows CD.
You might just be able to to a 'repair' - just follow options on screen.
If there is not data on the Drive you need, maybe just as well to do a clean install
You might just be able to to a 'repair' - just follow options on screen.
If there is not data on the Drive you need, maybe just as well to do a clean install
30 July 2006, 03:52 PM
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Note: NOT the option "Do you want to open a repair console?" bit. which occurs soon after booting with the CD. Tell it you want to install XP, and on to the C:\ drive. Windows will then tell you it has found an existing installation and do you want to repair it? Yes you do. Yes, you will need a serial number - I'm not sure if it has to be the same number that was originally used. But you'll soon find out.
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