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alieg · 12-17-2008, 03:29 AM

About 2 weeks ago I sent my desktop in for repair because it had started blue screening, they said it couldn't be fixed so we got a new laptop. The invoice seemed to suggest they had replaced the HDD, so I started to take apart the PC.

I decided to have one more go at fixing it and it worked! I was trying to copy over the remaining documents when it restarted unexpectedly (but normally)

Now when I try to load it, it just hangs on the Windows logo screen. I can get into safe mode and have tried to uninstall the display driver, which hasn't helped. That's when I gave up.

It doesn't sound like mechanical failure and it's not blue screening anymore, so what now? It's only 18 months old, what am I supposed to do?

Help!

Lenovo 3000 J series
WD 2500 J series HDD
Win XP SP3

Oh, one more thing, we bought the PC from the repair shop, but they installed the OS, we never got the XP CD so I can't repair it from that.

12-17-2008, 03:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
alieg Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 23 OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit My System	Hard drive failure???? About 2 weeks ago I sent my desktop in for repair because it had started blue screening, they said it couldn't be fixed so we got a new laptop. The invoice seemed to suggest they had replaced the HDD, so I started to take apart the PC. I decided to have one more go at fixing it and it worked! I was trying to copy over the remaining documents when it restarted unexpectedly (but normally) Now when I try to load it, it just hangs on the Windows logo screen. I can get into safe mode and have tried to uninstall the display driver, which hasn't helped. That's when I gave up. It doesn't sound like mechanical failure and it's not blue screening anymore, so what now? It's only 18 months old, what am I supposed to do? Help! Lenovo 3000 J series WD 2500 J series HDD Win XP SP3 Oh, one more thing, we bought the PC from the repair shop, but they installed the OS, we never got the XP CD so I can't repair it from that.