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Re: Computer not working....need help!
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Joined: Dec 2002
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If it's not spinning at all, you can try tapping or knocking the drive a few times. Sometimes it gets 'unstuck' and start spinning again; that might get you a few minutes to backup any important files.
Last edited by JaimeG; 05/05/09 08:56 PM.
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Re: Computer not working....need help!
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Joined: Oct 2003
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+1 on kcarlile's and JamieG's advice. Both excellent ideas. But if that doesn't work, you can try the freezer. Usually it doesn't work, so don't get too excited. But it is possible. Over the years, I've tried it or seen it tried on perhaps 20 dead hard drives. On all but one case, nothing. But on that one case, the frozen drive booted and functioned long enough to copy the important data off of it.
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Re: Computer not working....need help!
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Joined: May 2004
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Here's an update. I took it in to a computer tech for testing and the result is what I and some of you suspected. The hard drive is dead. I didn't have any important info on it so it's not a big deal that it is gone.
I ordered a new drive(Western Digital) from Newegg on Tuesday and received it two days later. I hooked it up, ran the bios and was pleased that it recognized the new drive. Installed Windows xp and now I'm running strong again.
Thanks for all the suggestions and support.
*Michael* AV123 Refugee - X-LS Encore, X-Voce, X-Omnis, Elt-Dpa's Denon AVR-591 Magnavox NB500MGX BDP
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Re: Computer not working....need help!
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Glad to hear you've got it up and running again.
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Re: Computer not working....need help!
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Now pic up a usb drive and some backup software and start running regular backups.
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