After two and a half years, my computer suddenly slowed down on boot up and I wasn't able to log in to my user account on Windows XP. I was able to log in to the Guest account, but it was very slow. Then the next day my computer would restart in the middle of booting up. I tried to use the recovery discs, but half way through copying the files it would crash again and again at the same point (56% of files copied). I took it into a computer repair shop and he called my back yesterday saying after looking at it that the hard drive is gone. Before I have the hard drive replaced, does anyone know if this is a correct assessment? He tried to run his own recovery tools and it would crash on him as well. Thanks.
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Computer Crash on Boot up
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it could also be several other things, i.e a faulty mb, a overheating power supply/processor(have you ever cleaned the fan) and so on.
by your error description i would rather say it´s not the hdd, but without having it physical examined you can´t tell.
do what @Jmhm17 recommends. a recovery cd is pretty simple to use so you should be able to do it yourself, but tell him if it´s not the hdd you want your money back (do it in writing)
by your error description i would rather say it´s not the hdd, but without having it physical examined you can´t tell.
do what @Jmhm17 recommends. a recovery cd is pretty simple to use so you should be able to do it yourself, but tell him if it´s not the hdd you want your money back (do it in writing)
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