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Old 12-23-2007, 09:42 AM
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I'm on dh's laptop right now posthing this because my computer is dead dead dead this morning. When I turn it on, it goes straight to a black screen with a cursor blinking in the corner. I can't do anything at all. No Windows, no anything...

So, I have to ask... is this what happens when a hard drive crashes? Can you think of anything else it could be?

If it IS my hard drive, what do I do? I've got all my personal files backed up on Mozy, so that parts easy enough. It's going to be a real pain in the butt to fix everything else though, isn't it???

Please, someone give me some good news...
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Old 12-23-2007, 10:09 AM
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OK, it's up now. I just turned it on and went away... after literally like 20-30 minutes, it came on. But it's running pretty slowly. That can't be good.

Crap. Why does stuff like this happen at the holidays?
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Old 12-23-2007, 10:37 AM
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Hi Libby, it sounds somewhat similar to when my HD failed...but I got a 'boot error' message...it was a black screen too...you might want to do a scan at pcpitstop and you can run a diagnostic test and it will give you useful info about your HD. Hope that helps. If you need any more help, just holla.
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Old 12-23-2007, 10:43 AM
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Oh thanks! I didn't know about that site. I'll go check it out now!!
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Old 12-23-2007, 11:01 AM
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That's what happened when I lost the hard drive on my laptop. I hope that's not it though!!!!!
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Old 12-23-2007, 11:56 AM
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eek Libby - sounds scary - did you add any new software recently? Seems strange to gappen
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Old 12-23-2007, 12:21 PM
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Ohhh Libby!
I can't be of any help when we lost our hard drive it wouldn't boot at all!
I am praying and crossing all my fingers and toes for you.
Keep us updated!
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Old 12-23-2007, 12:40 PM
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Sorry, but that's exactly what mine did when my HD crashed. Since it's on now, I'd backup anything on there you don't want to lose.
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Old 12-23-2007, 01:05 PM
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Thanks guys!

I'm running another back up right now as we speak. I've been hinting to dh for the past couple of months that I'm going to need a laptop for my 30th birthday in February. LOL! Maybe I need to just go ahead and do that. *sigh*

Computers are such a pain, aren't they???
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Old 12-23-2007, 01:06 PM
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