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Lap Top HDD

 
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PixleStudios



Joined: 03 Oct 2011
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:00 am    Post subject: Lap Top HDD Reply with quote
The other day, my Lap Top (Advent T5550) decided that its hard drive was going to begin to die.
i get a message as the computer boots up, just after the memory test, saying "your hard drive is due for an imminent failure, please back up data press F1 to continue"

i did this, then Windows began to crash so i inserted the recovery DVD's that came with the machine and did a "destructive recovery" (format of the hard drive)

although windows now seems ok, apart from the message at the beginning and a window that appears every 10 minuets or so.

any thoughts on how to resolve this short of getting a new hard drive?

if i need a new one, whats the best place to get one?
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JonS



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thats a "SMART" error warning. The drive IS going to fail. Believe it - those warnings are for real
I'd guess at it being a Toshiba drive?

As to where to get one - what country are you in?
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PixleStudios



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
UK

I suppose PC World or somwhere like that
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JonS



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"I suppose PC World or somwhere like that"

Don't be daft.
Use one of the online stores
e.g
Scan http://www.scan.co.uk/
Aria http://www.aria.co.uk/
Misco http://www.misco.co.uk/
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PixleStudios



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You Star Thank You
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