iSnipe
 

Posts: 25
07:13 AM 23/06/2009

bahaha my Hard Drive got bricked, and for those who dont no what it means; its pretty much dead, not completely though. so if anyone has any ideas on how this problem can be resolved, please post here.

cometfish
 

Forum Admin 

Posts: 6
08:28 AM 23/06/2009

Depends on how its bricked.

What error messages do you get when you turn it on? Or strange sounds? lol...

LaZzy
(xfire: LaZerAus) 

OBSmin (S Rank) 

Posts: 225
09:35 AM 23/06/2009

yeah. i had that problem once to. i took it to a comp tech and he fixed it up for me no problems.

He said it was to do with the firmware on the hardrive not being upto date. hope that helps.

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
03:09 PM 23/06/2009

Just happened to my laptop actually. Windows updates are ready to install, please restart your computer now. Restart. You have a disk read error, please press Ctrl. Alt. Delete and try again.   -.-    So yeah mine was just really old, and no the update wasn't spyware or a virus/trojan cause I use very good anti virus stuff ^.^  But yeah, depending on how dead it is, you can recover it yourself with Linux. Just run Linux from the disk, install the Kernel and then it'll let you see what's up with it. The linux operating system is free so no extra money, and if you google for help on that you'll find tons of tutorials. Just be prepared to use the console a LOT lol.

UBABlade
 

Posts: 25
04:46 PM 23/06/2009

im not that technically proficient so cant help soz...

But being a builder, i could only suggest hammer an bolster for ur bricks :S

mavrick
(xfire: mavrickmaster) 

OBSessed 

Posts: 85
11:16 PM 23/06/2009

What kind of HDD?

iSnipe
 

Posts: 25
08:00 AM 24/06/2009

Lazer, when i turn the comp on, it doesn't recognize the Hard drive, it stays on the motherboard pic, and then comes up with this message, "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key". you see it tries to boot from the CD/DVD ROM, and the HDD doesnt get detected. (HDD = Hard Drive right?)

i've taken it to a comp pro, and hopefully he'll just have to swap over the green card. and if that doesn't work, ill go to Linux, thanks.

thanks for the ideas.