Big trouble booting my hard drive

Don_Snake · 08-29-2007, 02:50 PM

I have two identical laptops, and about 10 minutes ago my other one failer to boot, on the first screen i could hear a loud clicking coming from the hard drive, and after the first screen, the computer came up with a warning saying "Primary hard disk drive 0 not found
No bootable devices--strike f1 to retry bott, f2 for setup utility"
I have tryed my hard drive in the same computer and it works so i know the problem is on my other hard drive, i have taken it out and looked at it, but there doesnt seem to be anything noticably wrong with it, when i run it in safe mode a warning apperaing saying something roughly like this "windows could not start because hal.dll is either corrupted or removed, please reinstall it". What can i do? Please help.

**TheMatt** · 08-29-2007, 03:48 PM

The hard drive likely failed. Do you have any important data on it?

In the mean time, put the hard disk in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer. Wait about 24 hours and try it. Be sure to wait 15 - 30 mins though to avoid condensation problem. Boot it and copy important files to another source. Be quick, you won't have long before it will fail again.

08-29-2007, 02:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Don_Snake Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Xp	Big trouble booting my hard drive I have two identical laptops, and about 10 minutes ago my other one failer to boot, on the first screen i could hear a loud clicking coming from the hard drive, and after the first screen, the computer came up with a warning saying "Primary hard disk drive 0 not found No bootable devices--strike f1 to retry bott, f2 for setup utility" I have tryed my hard drive in the same computer and it works so i know the problem is on my other hard drive, i have taken it out and looked at it, but there doesnt seem to be anything noticably wrong with it, when i run it in safe mode a warning apperaing saying something roughly like this "windows could not start because hal.dll is either corrupted or removed, please reinstall it". What can i do? Please help.

08-29-2007, 03:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Big trouble booting my hard drive The hard drive likely failed. Do you have any important data on it? In the mean time, put the hard disk in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer. Wait about 24 hours and try it. Be sure to wait 15 - 30 mins though to avoid condensation problem. Boot it and copy important files to another source. Be quick, you won't have long before it will fail again. __________________ - 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