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Originally Posted by Madcatz
sounds like it could be one of two things, or both.
one it could be a bad set of recovery cd's. HP may just send you new ones to try.
second, it could be a bad hard drive. you could download a hardware diagnostic program using another computer, but it to a cd and boot your PC from the cd rom drive. Drive fitness test is a nice program, or each hard drive manufacturer makes thier own diag program also,
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The first time this happened HP sent me a new set of recovery disks, so at this time I am cycling between them until one of them works (using KillDisk to clear out any remaining files between OS reinstallations, of course). I figured chances were slim that BOTH of them were bad, but I guess anything is possible.
I'll try to burn a copy of Drive Fitness using the computer I'm using now, but since its not mine I'd have to double-check to see if it even has a burner in it. Here's hoping. But if the recovery disks aren't the problems, could I just replace the hard drive without testing it and assume good results (since that would be the only suspect in my computer issues)? Maybe its not NECESSARY to go out and replace it, but if its almost certain that the hard drive is the problem, I might take the opportunity to replace it for a larger one anyways since I was in the market for extra space anyways.
Thanks.