Hard Drive Failed

**Laptop_problem** · August 2nd, 2004, 11:34 AM

hi,
My system Hard drive has failed, and i cannot reboot it now. Allit gives when started is : media test failure, check cable.

Can somebody tell me, what can be done to boot it now??

Thanks

**TripleRLtd** · August 2nd, 2004, 12:04 PM

Does the lappie have a floopy drive? If so, find out the manufacturer of the drive and d/l the mfg diag for it and run the test. Is this still under warranty?
Also, the most important thing if you have data on the drive that you need, is to test it. If it fails, do not keep trying to boot, as the drive will become worse, and any chance of data recovery by you will be next to impossible.
Let's make sure that the drive is bad first, because other issues can cause that error as well.
Good luck.

**NooNoo** · August 2nd, 2004, 04:55 PM

Replace the hard drive. I hope it is under warranty.

**Laptop_problem** · August 3rd, 2004, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Replace the hard drive. I hope it is under warranty.

Can anybody tell me what can be the cost of replacing the harddrive (40 Gb Laptop Harddrive?
I don't think the laptop is still under warranty.

**TripleRLtd** · August 4th, 2004, 12:38 PM

Where are you located. With that info we'll be able to narrow down the price.
Also, I see that you have two threads going about this. I didn't realize this before.
NooNoo, could you merge these please. Thanks.

**Spork** · August 9th, 2004, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Laptop_problem

Can anybody tell me what can be the cost of replacing the harddrive (40 Gb Laptop Harddrive?
I don't think the laptop is still under warranty.

You can check out www.pricewatch.com or even eBay.

**crumbs** · August 9th, 2004, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Laptop_problem

hi,
My system Hard drive has failed, and i cannot reboot it now. Allit gives when started is : media test failure, check cable.

Can somebody tell me, what can be done to boot it now??

Thanks

Does it find in in safe mode.

**NooNoo** · August 10th, 2004, 02:58 AM

crumbs... it doesn't boot.

**loki** · August 10th, 2004, 08:58 AM

I see 40 GB 2.5" laptop hard drives at dirtcheapdrives for between $100.00 and $130.00

**Hippie_Tech** · August 10th, 2004, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by loki

I see 40 GB 2.5" laptop hard drives at dirtcheapdrives for between $100.00 and $130.00

Check out Newegg.com as well. You can pick up a 40GB 5400RPM laptop hard drive for between $85.00-$106.00 depending on the manufacturer.

**crumbs** · August 10th, 2004, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Laptop_problem

hi,
My system Hard drive has failed, and i cannot reboot it now. Allit gives when started is : media test failure, check cable.

Can somebody tell me, what can be done to boot it now??

Thanks

Try unplug the drive and plug it in again, if you got a floppy drive use a boot disk and fdisk the drive then run scandisk.