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~~Blue_Gene~~ · 05-09-2008, 09:04 PM

Could be a dead drive too. If you are confident in opening up your laptop then I recommend taking out the hard drive and see the manufacturer brand.

Then put the hard-drive back in and go to a working computer and download the latest version of the HD diagnostics utility for the hard-drive. Then put the diagnostics utility that you downloaded onto a CD and boot the computer to the CD.

Then test the HD for errors. Can your computer still post btw?

05-09-2008, 09:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Blue_Gene~~ Troubled Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 152 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: dv9000z Could be a dead drive too. If you are confident in opening up your laptop then I recommend taking out the hard drive and see the manufacturer brand. Then put the hard-drive back in and go to a working computer and download the latest version of the HD diagnostics utility for the hard-drive. Then put the diagnostics utility that you downloaded onto a CD and boot the computer to the CD. Then test the HD for errors. Can your computer still post btw?