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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6550 OC 2.56GHz 4MB L2 1466MHz FSB G0

Mainboard: Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4 nForce 650i SLI Solid Caps 6-phase VRM

Memory: OCZ Vista 2 x 1024MB DDR2 733MHz 128-bit DC T. 4-4-4-12-20 2T

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.5"

Video: MSI GeForce 8600GTS G84 256MB GDDR3 700/2100/1475MHz C/M/S

Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channel 24-bit 96kHz sample PCIe x1

CD Rom: Lite-On 48x/16x/8x/12x CD/DVD±R/RW/RAM IDE Optical 2MB Cache

Power Supply: PCP&C Silencer Quad 750W Continuous EPS12V 60A +12V

Printer: Cannon iP1600 Color USB Inkjet Printer

OS: Windows XP MCE SP2 x86, Debian 4.0 GNU/Linux AMD64

08-23-2007, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Inaccessible Hard Drive, Broken CD Drive I would remove the hard disk and hook it up to another computer with either an external enclosure or an IDE adapter. Copy any important data off it, format it, and run chkdsk if necessary. Then install Windows (or Linux if you choose) from the external computer and make it bootable. Put it back in the laptop and it should work. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides