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Hyndis

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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2010, 04:22:25 pm »
Quote from: Double A on November 17, 2010, 03:51:01 pm
Quote from: Hyndis on November 17, 2010, 12:35:05 pm
Just plug it in as a secondary drive. Not bootable doesn't mean your HDD is dead. Could be your OS got killed.

Now if the drive is making a grinding sound then its definitely hosed.

Not so much a grinding sound, more of a click every few seconds.

The platter is probably good still, but your motor is hosed.

The data should be recoverable, but it would be a cleanroom type operation to remove the platter and install it into another drive of the same model, which will cost some $$$.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2010, 04:28:48 pm »
Ha, ninjad.

But yea that's about my take on it too.  It would be a specialist job to get the data off of it. I don't think that's something the average computer repair place would be equipped to do.

Good thing you didn't have much important data on it.  I had the misfortune of having to tell an CPA that once and they were pissed.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #17 on: November 17, 2010, 04:39:45 pm »
If a CPA doesn't make backups he should be on the streets giving handjobs for crack. Just saying.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2010, 06:07:20 pm »
CPA?

Anyway, new HD is costing $135. Which is significantly lower than what I expected (250). Also, they replaced the plastic lining for free.

But this is great, now my PC is acting up. I can't play any of my CD-ROM games. Some intense graphical error. I suppose I can solve this with liberal application of system reboot, but then I'll have to do my freaking Firefox bookmarks all over again.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2010, 06:18:37 pm »
export your bookmarks from firefox (probably will give you a html file), put them on a flash drive, then import them back into Firefox later.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2010, 06:24:54 pm »
CPA is a Certified Public Accountant.

It could also just be that your drivers aren't installed or configured correctly or something to that effect.  After replacing a hard drive it is often a big chore to reinstall all the drivers for things like the ethernet and graphics.



It could also be something happened to your system to cause the hard drive to fail, if you are having hardware issues and it isn't drivers it could be that a surge or something messed something in your mobo.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2010, 06:38:29 pm »
Quote from: Greiger on November 17, 2010, 06:24:54 pm
CPA is a Certified Public Accountant.

It could also just be that your drivers aren't installed or configured correctly or something to that effect.  After replacing a hard drive it is often a big chore to reinstall all the drivers for things like the ethernet and graphics.



It could also be something happened to your system to cause the hard drive to fail, if you are having hardware issues and it isn't drivers it could be that a surge or something messed something in your mobo.

I'm talking about 2 different computers here.

But I probably should update my PC's drivers.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2010, 06:45:00 pm »
Raid1 is the way to go.

HDD's are pretty cheap these days, so just get two of them. If one fails you have a perfect and 100% up to date backup. Just swap out the dead drive with a new one, your raid will be rebuilt automatically, and then you have the redundancy protection again.

The only way you can lose all data is if both drives fail at the same time.
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Re: So... my laptop's hard drive just malfunctioned.
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2010, 08:08:18 pm »
Knowing my luck, that's what would happen.

DF saves aren't that big, I'll just save them on a flash drive. And while I'm at it, I'll put DF itself on the other one.
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