Doesn't launch Windows, say Hard Drive defective
Few weeks ago, my dell laptop starts having problems with the hard drive. For example, when I saved something on it, if I want to read it few days later it couldn't.
Today, It doesn't even start, it goes to windows recovery and signals that the hard drive is defective. If I boot from the CD I can't reinstall windows. I'm trying to format it doing format c: but it's still at 0% since 40min.
What can I do ?
Thanks
crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0
crwdns2944067:06crwdne2944067:0
Does it still show up in the BIOS?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 oldturkey03 crwdne2934271:0
if you mean when I press F12, yes
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Eric crwdne2934271:0
but is does not format and you can not reboot? Have you tried a Live CD like Puppy Linux (my favorite) or any other of the Live CD to see if they can access your drive? It does sound like you have a bad HDD
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 oldturkey03 crwdne2934271:0
when I try to reinstall Windows it refuses and says "your hard drive is going to fail"
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Eric crwdne2934271:0
no formatting fail too...
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Eric crwdne2934271:0
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