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Hard disk failure
Name: ian_ok Date: August 11, 2005 at 01:56:22 Pacific OS: win xp 98 & 2k CPU/Ram: p3 512
Comment:
I've got hard disk failure on a friends pc, if Itry to restart the pc it 99 times out of 100 it will report hard disk failure no disk found or similar then the other 1 out of 100 it will start go into XP and then freeze before it has finished loading all the icons in the systray.
Name: ian_ok Date: August 16, 2005 at 21:08:49 Pacific
Reply:
** UPDATE ** Well after 2 days of not being used my friends turned on the pc and it lasted for a few hours before failing again, I told them not to start the pc again untill i go round. When I did it started so was able to back up emails etc...
Anyhow I realaised the fan wasn't working, so have changed this, but I think the damage to the h/d is fatal and they have purchased a new h/d, fingers crossed it's OK!
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random freezing
