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Presario Hard Drive Failing
Hi!
I need help with a bad hard drive. I have a Compaq Presario that I bought in 1999 (2000??) whose hard drive is failing. It is a model 161494-002. A few months ago I got a message (that pops up when ever I boot) that the hard disk detects drive failure is imminent. I just kept hitting F1 and going on. But starting 3 days ago it began to lock up on line and I could not run the disk defrag program that I normally do - Fix It Utilities 4.0. So I have been trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\Scandskw.exe" but it keeps getting restarted - I thought it would not run in safe mode, but I will try that next. My understanding is that the Compaq Quick restore CDs do not reformat the drive - or would that do any good anyway?? I don't think I have a drive bay open, as I added a Zip Drive when I first got the machine. I guess I can take that out and put a new hard drive in, make that the system drive, then move my data to the new one - but how do I do all of that?? Where can I find out how to replace the hard drive? Any advice or pointers would be very welcome. Thanks! Steve |
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What model of Presario. You gave a part number. Was that of the PC or the
hard drive? FYI, the QuickRestore CDs wipe the drive and install the original software image on the drive. HH "Steve" wrote in message . .. Hi! I need help with a bad hard drive. I have a Compaq Presario that I bought in 1999 (2000??) whose hard drive is failing. It is a model 161494-002. A few months ago I got a message (that pops up when ever I boot) that the hard disk detects drive failure is imminent. I just kept hitting F1 and going on. But starting 3 days ago it began to lock up on line and I could not run the disk defrag program that I normally do - Fix It Utilities 4.0. So I have been trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\Scandskw.exe" but it keeps getting restarted - I thought it would not run in safe mode, but I will try that next. My understanding is that the Compaq Quick restore CDs do not reformat the drive - or would that do any good anyway?? I don't think I have a drive bay open, as I added a Zip Drive when I first got the machine. I guess I can take that out and put a new hard drive in, make that the system drive, then move my data to the new one - but how do I do all of that?? Where can I find out how to replace the hard drive? Any advice or pointers would be very welcome. Thanks! Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in
: My understanding is that the Compaq Quick restore CDs do not reformat the drive - or would that do any good anyway?? Reformatting will not save a failing drive. Get any data that you value off that drive pronto. |
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If all else fails, you might want to check out TechNation. As I recall
they used to have a down loadable FAQ on "200 Ways To Revive A Hard Drive". These were all meant as one shot save your data to another drive and let the old one rest in peace solutions. Used a couple of them and save a lot of potentially lost data. If your plan to use any of them, have the new drive Fdisk, Formatted and ready to go before you start to revive the drive. Some may let you use the original drive a couple of times, but others are one shot at best, it depends on the severity of the original drives problems. Best of luck, KC "donutbandit" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in : My understanding is that the Compaq Quick restore CDs do not reformat the drive - or would that do any good anyway?? Reformatting will not save a failing drive. Get any data that you value off that drive pronto. |
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