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Hi.
I'll try to explain what happened as quickly and clearly as possible. I have had a lot of problems with my cpu overheating (the room its in can get very hot), and when it shut down for the last time it wouldnt boot anymore, no error beeps but lights and fans would turn on. then the fans in the PSU stopped working and shortly afterwards it blew up. computer specs at the time were:-
PSU: Codegen 550w
m/b: abit nf7-s m/b (not sure of bios version)
cpu: amd xp2800
ram: 2 x corsair PC3200 512mb
Video: MSI Geforce Ti4200 128mb
HDD's: 1x120gb Seagate Baracuda (ST3120026A), 1x200gb Seagate Baracuda (ST3200822A), and 1x200gb Western Digital Caviar (WD2000JB - 00FUA0)
after replacing the PSU, and testing each piece of hardware, it was determined that the m/b was faulty as CPU RAM and everything else worked on other computers. replaced that and got an Asus A7N8X-X. Computer worked again, however, the Western Digital HDD started reported errors and chkdsk tried to fix them however it would hang. I would skip that and get into windows and it kept momentarily freezing, and whenever accessing files on that HDD it would pause all the time, but files like mp3's and movie files still played. tried running norton disk doctor but that froze on me. and then windows stopped booting. The HDD would then start making bad clicking sounds like it was jammed or scratching or something, and sometimes it would show up in the bios but most of the time it would just freeze. and now it sometimes detects an 8gb HDD but windows still refuses to boot. computer works fine when its not connected, and the 2 other HDD's are fine also.
I have a lot of my University work and other important files which I'm almost desperate to recover, i know i should have backed up somehow but its not easy to when its concerning 200gb of data being put onto blank cds.. Knowing the kind of defect the HDD is showing i'm hoping i could at least take it back under warranty, but before i do that is there ANYTHING AT ALL i could do to regain access to my files? I cant even use the Western Digital diagnostic/tool software to run tests or to zero fill it.
Please help.
Thanx in advance,
David
I'll try to explain what happened as quickly and clearly as possible. I have had a lot of problems with my cpu overheating (the room its in can get very hot), and when it shut down for the last time it wouldnt boot anymore, no error beeps but lights and fans would turn on. then the fans in the PSU stopped working and shortly afterwards it blew up. computer specs at the time were:-
PSU: Codegen 550w
m/b: abit nf7-s m/b (not sure of bios version)
cpu: amd xp2800
ram: 2 x corsair PC3200 512mb
Video: MSI Geforce Ti4200 128mb
HDD's: 1x120gb Seagate Baracuda (ST3120026A), 1x200gb Seagate Baracuda (ST3200822A), and 1x200gb Western Digital Caviar (WD2000JB - 00FUA0)
after replacing the PSU, and testing each piece of hardware, it was determined that the m/b was faulty as CPU RAM and everything else worked on other computers. replaced that and got an Asus A7N8X-X. Computer worked again, however, the Western Digital HDD started reported errors and chkdsk tried to fix them however it would hang. I would skip that and get into windows and it kept momentarily freezing, and whenever accessing files on that HDD it would pause all the time, but files like mp3's and movie files still played. tried running norton disk doctor but that froze on me. and then windows stopped booting. The HDD would then start making bad clicking sounds like it was jammed or scratching or something, and sometimes it would show up in the bios but most of the time it would just freeze. and now it sometimes detects an 8gb HDD but windows still refuses to boot. computer works fine when its not connected, and the 2 other HDD's are fine also.
I have a lot of my University work and other important files which I'm almost desperate to recover, i know i should have backed up somehow but its not easy to when its concerning 200gb of data being put onto blank cds.. Knowing the kind of defect the HDD is showing i'm hoping i could at least take it back under warranty, but before i do that is there ANYTHING AT ALL i could do to regain access to my files? I cant even use the Western Digital diagnostic/tool software to run tests or to zero fill it.
Please help.
Thanx in advance,
David