Comments on: Fixing issues with a new hard drive http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/ Pertinent and trivial elucidation on web development, internal events and whatever else crosses my brain cell. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Administrator http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-220 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:16:36 +0000 http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-220 Zack, First recommendation if possible is just get a new computer. A windows 98 machine is getting old and any work on repairs may not be worth the time and money. Plus, it's a lot more vulnerable for security reasons. Yes, sounds like you do have a dead hard drive. My recommendation is find a local computer company that can take the drive out and try to get your stuff off of it. We do that here in Portage and Summit counties. Not sure where you live. Zack,

First recommendation if possible is just get a new computer. A windows 98 machine is getting old and any work on repairs may not be worth the time and money. Plus, it’s a lot more vulnerable for security reasons.

Yes, sounds like you do have a dead hard drive. My recommendation is find a local computer company that can take the drive out and try to get your stuff off of it. We do that here in Portage and Summit counties. Not sure where you live.

]]> by: Zack http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-217 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:29:11 +0000 http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-217 I have a windows 98 computer and I think the Hard drive have gone bad. Whe I turn on the computer it says to insert sytem disk. But before the computer said that it had the blue screen of death. Then I put in a CD that the computer had come with and tryed to format the ram. But errors kept happening. Then thats when the computer start saying please insert the system disk. Now the computer is not useable anymore. Plus it says that every time I turn the computer on. I have a windows 98 computer and I think the Hard drive have gone bad. Whe I turn on the computer it says to insert sytem disk. But before the computer said that it had the blue screen of death. Then I put in a CD that the computer had come with and tryed to format the ram. But errors kept happening. Then thats when the computer start saying please insert the system disk. Now the computer is not useable anymore. Plus it says that every time I turn the computer on.

]]> by: Administrator http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-50 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:45:03 +0000 http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-50 Hi Bob, My first thought would actually be a bad power supply. Second would be the fan on the processor went bad and the cpu is overheating. Find a good local computer shop with people you trust and take it in to get looked at. Stephen Hi Bob,

My first thought would actually be a bad power supply. Second would be the fan on the processor went bad and the cpu is overheating. Find a good local computer shop with people you trust and take it in to get looked at.

Stephen

]]> by: Bob http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-43 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:25:08 +0000 http://www.mindarch.com/b2/2006/11/21/fixing-issues-with-a-new-hard-drive/#comment-43 While working on my HP Pavillion 734n last night, my screen suddenly went blank, and the PC appeared to lose all power. I unplugged the unit and tried to restart it. However, when I pushed the button to restart it, the yellow light on the front of the unit stays on for approx 10 seconds, then goes off. The fan appears to be running, but the hard drive doesn't seem to be kicking in! Could the hard drive have 'crashed' while I was in the middle of working in it? The computer is about 3 years old and hasnt been moved or exposed to any change in conditions, nor have I changed any sytems / programs, etc. In fact, I had no indication that anything was wrong until it suddenly 'died'. Any advice on what I can do to try and re-boot it or save the hard drive ? Stupid me has all of the kids summer photos on the hard drive that hadn't bene backed up yet !!! Thanks in advance ! While working on my HP Pavillion 734n last night, my screen suddenly went blank, and the PC appeared to lose all power.

I unplugged the unit and tried to restart it.
However, when I pushed the button to restart it, the yellow light on the front of the unit stays on for approx 10 seconds, then goes off. The fan appears to be running, but the hard drive doesn’t seem to be kicking in!

Could the hard drive have ‘crashed’ while I was in the middle of working in it?
The computer is about 3 years old and hasnt been moved or exposed to any change in conditions, nor have I changed any sytems / programs, etc. In fact, I had no indication that anything was wrong until it suddenly ‘died’.

Any advice on what I can do to try and re-boot it or save the hard drive ?

Stupid me has all of the kids summer photos on the hard drive that hadn’t bene backed up yet !!!

Thanks in advance !

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