Guys i am having a bad time. I have a Compaq laptop with a 40GB HDD and the OS is WinXP Pro SP2.
I had made some partitions and was formatting those. The first time it went upto 17% and then gave an error the "Windows could not complete the format etc " . So i again set it to format the 20GB partition. In between the laptop restarted. I dont know what happened. It then restarted into windows. Went up to the bar scrolls about 8 to 9 times and then again restarted. Now it gave an error saying that windows could not start ur comp etc and gave the safe mode and other options. I selected normal mode and pressed enter.
It immidiately stopped there for some time and restarted. Now it only showed the ethernet boot screen and since it was not connected it continued to show that only again and again.
I then went into BIOS and selected check HDD for errors. It said no IDE drives detected.
Also when i put the Win 2000 install CD it shows no HDD found.
When i put my ears near the HDD compartment i can hear whirring sound. Coz the case cooling fan is silent most of the times i can hear i whirring sound. Also i took out the HDD and it feels a bit warm. There are no burn marks or any smell or burning.
Also i reset my BIOS to default.
What is the problem ? Is this the end of the HDD or there is some problem with Laptop.
I have no warranty left and will be taking it to the Compaq service center in Clover Center, near MG Road.
Before the formatting and all , i was comfortably writing some programs , burning a songs CD, and copying some stuff around. Also there was linux installed but i dont think its a software problem anymore.
If this has happened to someone else please help me with this.
I had made some partitions and was formatting those. The first time it went upto 17% and then gave an error the "Windows could not complete the format etc " . So i again set it to format the 20GB partition. In between the laptop restarted. I dont know what happened. It then restarted into windows. Went up to the bar scrolls about 8 to 9 times and then again restarted. Now it gave an error saying that windows could not start ur comp etc and gave the safe mode and other options. I selected normal mode and pressed enter.
It immidiately stopped there for some time and restarted. Now it only showed the ethernet boot screen and since it was not connected it continued to show that only again and again.
I then went into BIOS and selected check HDD for errors. It said no IDE drives detected.
Also when i put the Win 2000 install CD it shows no HDD found.
When i put my ears near the HDD compartment i can hear whirring sound. Coz the case cooling fan is silent most of the times i can hear i whirring sound. Also i took out the HDD and it feels a bit warm. There are no burn marks or any smell or burning.
Also i reset my BIOS to default.
What is the problem ? Is this the end of the HDD or there is some problem with Laptop.
I have no warranty left and will be taking it to the Compaq service center in Clover Center, near MG Road.
Before the formatting and all , i was comfortably writing some programs , burning a songs CD, and copying some stuff around. Also there was linux installed but i dont think its a software problem anymore.
If this has happened to someone else please help me with this.
:aww: man... Compaq has got flimsy build quality. This one beat the warranty by 6 months.