HD only works after hitting enter

newhouse1390 · 03-17-2006, 12:24 PM

I have an Emachine computer, I thought I was having problems with viruses so I did a full system restore. But before the restore one of the problems was, before the computer would boot it would say that my HD was not functing properly and to hit enter to continue. I hit enter and then it would boot fine. This problem exists before and after the rebuild. Any ideas?

~~whodat~~ · 03-17-2006, 01:54 PM

greetings newhouse

go to your hard drive's website, and under support/download get the utility to check your drive.

let us know what happens

newhouse1390 · 03-17-2006, 06:07 PM

Should I talk to eMachines or Western Digital?

03-17-2006, 06:30 PM

No you do not need to talk to them. Go to Western Digitals website and download the diagnostic tool. And run the test to see if your hard drive is failing. I am assuming you are getting a S.M.A.R.T error. Which warns s you about a possible hard disk failure.

03-17-2006, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
newhouse1390 Member, Networking Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,040 OS: Windows Server 2003	HD only works after hitting enter I have an Emachine computer, I thought I was having problems with viruses so I did a full system restore. But before the restore one of the problems was, before the computer would boot it would say that my HD was not functing properly and to hit enter to continue. I hit enter and then it would boot fine. This problem exists before and after the rebuild. Any ideas? __________________ Because you can read this thank a teacher, because it's English thank a soldier.

03-17-2006, 06:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
newhouse1390 Member, Networking Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,040 OS: Windows Server 2003	Should I talk to eMachines or Western Digital? __________________ Because you can read this thank a teacher, because it's English thank a soldier.

03-17-2006, 01:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	greetings newhouse go to your hard drive's website, and under support/download get the utility to check your drive. let us know what happens

03-17-2006, 06:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
PurpleSky Guest Posts: n/a OS:	No you do not need to talk to them. Go to Western Digitals website and download the diagnostic tool. And run the test to see if your hard drive is failing. I am assuming you are getting a S.M.A.R.T error. Which warns s you about a possible hard disk failure.