Guinness
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| posted on 23/3/11 at 11:19 PM |
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Laptop Died?
I think the hard drive in my laptop has died 
If I switch the laptop on, all I get is the lights across the top of the keyboard, the processor fan and the LED above the disc symbol flashes orange
slowly... (it used to light up bright blue when it fired up / accessed the disc)
Any ideas on re-starting it without buying a new HDD?
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Craigman9
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| posted on 23/3/11 at 11:26 PM |
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When you try to start is the hard drive making any clicking or rattling noises?
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/3/11 at 11:29 PM |
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what happens when your battery is completely flat? could it be your power supply's died, and so the battery's flat? with a dead HDD, youd
normally get some message on the screen. i don't know what light you're talking about though...
take the battery out, plug the power suppply in and try again. they normally still start without a battery in, so...
if it does the same again, there's some fault with the laptop. if nothing happens at all, power supply's goosed, and it was trying to
start on the battery, but can't
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Guinness
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| posted on 23/3/11 at 11:43 PM |
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No sound at all from the hard drive.
Battery and power supply all working fine.
I've put an XP disc that I got from Rob on here in, and tried switching it on. It won't boot from that either
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HowardB
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| posted on 24/3/11 at 06:58 AM |
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how to jumo start a HDD
had a similar thing with an old Tosh, I took out the HDD, took the cover off, (the bit that says warranty void) and then plugged it back into the
laptop. When I switched it on, I span the HDD up with a toothpick or similar to get it started, and then the motor kept running. Worked about three
times, just enough to write all the data to back up.
hope that helps
Howard
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/3/11 at 08:29 AM |
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First thing to try with laptops is disconnect from mains and remove the battery, let it sit for a couple of minutes then put the battery and power
back and reboot.
If you do have to buy a laptop HD they are very cheap on ebay but check which type you require carefully .
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