Re: Help with Hardware Failure


"Chris" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi guys,

Need some basic help with some problems i'm having,

I'll give you a run down on what's happening and let me know what's the
best
thing to do.

*Computer contiually fails/freezes the windows loading page before user
login.
*Computer again contiues to freeze if it does correctly load, blue screen
appears with physical memory dump.
*Computer has a Seagate Serial ATA NCQ 160GB HDD, Seems to be making twice
the amount of noise as i remember it making, when the noise goes back to
what
the level it was originaly it freezes.
*Even in Safe mode the computer freezes.
Have tried to reformat but haven't been sucessfull as it states the c: is
locked.
Were you trying to reformat drive C when it was being used as the system
drive? If so, you found that Windows will not let you make it commit
suicide. To reformat the drive, you must boot from the CD drive.
Jim

As you can tell i have limited knowledge of computer systems but everyone
has to start somewhere.
I was thinking first that it was a software problem so i removed all but
the
nessicary software with no effect.
So i believe the hdd has failed from the above can anyone conferm it for
me
and is there anyway to conferm it before i purchase a new hdd.

Thanks

Chris


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