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Thread ID: 69273	2006-05-27 12:25:00	Comp faulty booting and clicks	beetle (243)	Press F1

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458328	2006-05-27 12:25:00	Ok the sos went to beetle :eek: and my mates comp gets to dos screen in boot and then clicks inside tower and then nothing. it did this multiple times? Running XP home, was running a pokemon game before shutting down fine and then start up probs. he says it came up Disk read error occured, ctrl alt del to restart, and now it starts? what happened? is it likely to happen again? it is still happening......:( so what do i do tomorow to check things? google is my friend. beetle	beetle (243)
458329	2006-05-27 19:16:00	Whatever it is, it doesnt sound too good. Time to replace the hdd, by the sounds of it. Unless he's/she's riddled with malware. Which can bring up disk errors on bootup.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
458330	2006-05-27 21:25:00	Ok the sos went to beetle :eek: and my mates comp gets to dos screen in boot and then clicks inside tower and then nothing. Clicks? Take the lid off for a start and listen. HDD death from the sound of it. Attach the HDD to your PC and see if you can access it at all.	pctek (84)
458331	2006-05-27 22:47:00	Ok back track a little, his comp was a made to spec comp at xmas, it should be still in warranty? Its at his house not mine, but apart from that i dont know how to take apart or place in mine so . . . . thats a no no for a start . . . . . . . . . . . may have to go get someone else to do that bit . He has never done a back up, he's not to worried about whats on there . . . thats life he says? Not sure what virus protection he has, or firewall . . . . . . not had a play with his pc yet . . sounds like i wont be now . . lol :eek: He use's Slimbrowser, (doesnt know what IE is :p) and is not a big surfer of the net, just a gamer . will let you know what happens . . . . . . . if he lets me near it that is . :p beetle :illogical	beetle (243)
458332	2006-05-27 23:07:00	About now I would be contacting Metla (since I know ya both in same area) and asking if he can ghost the drive (precautionary) Does sound like the harddrives giving up the ghost, and I wouldnt keep booting it up as the time left sounds limited Or you can return it to where he had it built	Myth (110)
458333	2006-05-27 23:26:00	Not sure about this pokemon game but I’ve seen the odd game that has caused the computer to seek the floppy disk drive on start-up and it is actually the Floppy drive that is making a hell of a noise. (because there's nothing in it) Once you restart all is well. :) Just a thought given the age of the computer. However, if your convinced the noise is coming from the HDD, then a warrenty claim would seem in order. ;)	B.M. (505)
458334	2006-05-28 03:58:00	He use's Slimbrowser, (doesnt know what IE is :p) Which uses IE.....	pctek (84)
458335	2006-05-28 07:56:00	LOL but the blank look i got when i said "IE" was priceless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :D :lol: He is resigned to not having his pc for a week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :rolleyes: He cant get hold of his pc guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . must be something in the wangavegus water cos pc guys are scarce as hens teeth round here it seems or they dont reply . . . :p LOL beetle	beetle (243)
458336	2006-05-30 02:34:00	Ok he had to get new HDD, dont think they could retreive anything, and are starting from scratch again............. a fresh install etc.........but sounds like its up and running and home in one peice........... dont know what brand HDD, but would be interested to find out. he did say there was a fair bit of grumpy wording going on by all parties fixing it, cos it wasnt a simple little changeover..... lol why do we have these devices? to make our lives easier isnt it? lol :D beetle	beetle (243)
458337	2006-05-30 03:29:00	beetle, have you considered that it may have died simply by a distant association with you...? I watched a program on "SLIders" the other night. paranormal.about.com Thought of you beetle, but instead of having a mysterious and unexplained effect on Streetlights, perhaps you only affect computers?	godfather (25)
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