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| Thread ID: 115055 | 2010-12-30 17:32:00 | HD failure | sarel (2490) | Press F1 |
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| 1165773 | 2011-01-07 04:23:00 | If you were to go for a upgrade box, cloning your old hdd to the new boot drive will not work (different chipsets/hardware etc, OEM), so unless you have a retail (upgrade or full) version of XP to migrate to the new drive (not allowed to, with OEM, is only licensed to your current machine so you wont be able to activate it on the new box), you'll need to factor in the price of an OS as well, but it would be a good thing to upgrade anyway (more speeed!). If you replace/clone the boot drive in the old box, would be advisable to do a repair install or at least an system file check scan (sfc /scannow (www.bleepingcomputer.com) command) after you boot with the new drive, to repair any damaged files. It also may ask for reactivation (you may need to ring M$ as you've changed a major component). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1165774 | 2011-01-07 04:37:00 | Is it not better/cheaper just to get a basic new CPU - I've got a new PSU, new DVD-burner, new screen? Got no idea myself, just askin'? If you just want your PC going again with the minimum cost, then just get a new hard drive. All you need to do is then clone the old one onto the new one or reinstall windows and copy your data over. Although I would highly recommend a full reinstall of Windows, your PC will run much better. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165775 | 2011-01-07 04:41:00 | If you just want your PC going again with the minimum cost, then just get a new hard drive. All you need to do is then clone the old one onto the new one or reinstall windows and copy your data over. Although I would highly recommend a full reinstall of Windows, your PC will run much better. Correct :thumbs: The main thing that will trigger a reactivation is changing the Motherboard, since windows logs codes within the original board to which the OS was installed. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1165776 | 2011-01-07 05:10:00 | Suggestion; Use Paragon Drive copy. I have uploaded the ISO image for the bootable CD (got the program free from giveaway or a mag, cant remember now). Download From Here (www.4shared.com) Thanks Wainui. Helped myself to the iso as well. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1165777 | 2011-01-07 21:48:00 | Well, thanks guys. Currently I have no problem reinstalling XP, because I never installed anything after my troubles previously so it's basically just the basic install currently sitting there. Checked : I've got an IDE, NTFS, 80GB HD This morning, trying again to check for AV, etc, got the following error code : Kernel_Data_Inpage_Error STOP : 0x0000007A atapi.sys something something. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165778 | 2011-01-07 22:32:00 | There are worms / viruses, that can infect that file | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1165779 | 2011-01-07 22:52:00 | Also can indicate bad sectors on the hard drive. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1165780 | 2011-01-07 23:17:00 | There are worms / viruses, that can infect that file Not likely to cause the drive to make funny clicking sounds though... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165781 | 2011-01-07 23:22:00 | True but its probably the cause of that BSOD | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1165782 | 2011-01-08 07:40:00 | Also did a Chkdsk and it said my C;drive is showing signs of failure so I guess the dive is on its way out. sarel |
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