Cable Forum - View Single Post

bbwannabe · 01-05-2005, 14:44

While doing some work my laptop frooze on me, making a whirring sound and vibrating. Couldnt call up the task manager to see if it was a program using a lot of the cpu/memory.

When i turn the computer on it beeps like normal, but after a while it freezes up again and I can't do any other operations on it, it completely locks up. I feel its an issue with the hard drive as the hard drive icon flashes up and remains on, can't even do the scandisk as it locks up when doing it.

Any suggestions on what i can do to fix this? or does it seem my hard drive is done for? If its done for, can i retrieve all my files on it as i have assignments due in in just over a weeks time... also appreciate any recommended laptop HD brands and online places I can buy from.

EDIT: oh and is hard drive replacing relatively easy?

01-05-2005, 14:44	#1
bbwannabe Inactive Join Date: May 2004 Age: 41 Posts: 567	Laptop Issue While doing some work my laptop frooze on me, making a whirring sound and vibrating. Couldnt call up the task manager to see if it was a program using a lot of the cpu/memory. When i turn the computer on it beeps like normal, but after a while it freezes up again and I can't do any other operations on it, it completely locks up. I feel its an issue with the hard drive as the hard drive icon flashes up and remains on, can't even do the scandisk as it locks up when doing it. Any suggestions on what i can do to fix this? or does it seem my hard drive is done for? If its done for, can i retrieve all my files on it as i have assignments due in in just over a weeks time... also appreciate any recommended laptop HD brands and online places I can buy from. EDIT: oh and is hard drive replacing relatively easy?