Did my hard drive crash?

[JRM]

My computer just stopped working. I cannot even run my recovery disk. I get a message that says either "cannot find hard drive" or "cannot find operating system". The computer has a Celeron Processor and is three years old. I should probably buy another but don't have the funds right now. Thank you for any help!

 

[isatippy]

Hey,

It might have. I had one go bad about two mounths ago it was making weird sounds like clicking and finely when I went to go turn on the computer it would'nt boot. :knock:

 

[tbrunt3]

Open your case see if for some reason or another your ribbon cable came loose either from your hdd or motherboard itself.. also check to make sure your jumper pin did not fall off..

let us know

 

[Samstoned]

If your happy with the speed why waste the money?
get yourself a new drive .

 

[martyn837]

What O/S are you running?
Have you tried to rebuild the MBR??


Martyn

 

[JRM]

Thank you all for your help. I replaced the hard drive and everything works like a charm!