laptop screeching and not starting up!!!

[Jonesy]

Hi, its my sisters laptop that is playing up she cannot get it to boot, just gets stuck on the post screen with a loud screecing noise, which i can guess is coming from the hdd, is it doomed? I read that professional recovery is thousands! Dont really wanna try anything again as it may damage the hdd futher.

Any ideas guys, can i remove the drive and put in my computer? will it fit??

Thanks

Allan

 

[Mells]

yeah, its fucked.

 

[Tim172]

Buy a new HDD from eBay, you can also get kits to fit laptop ones into desktop PCs for a couple of quid, but be careful you get the matching interfaces

 

[brisa4984]

yep same as mine.. hard disc is fooooked... get another on ebay.

 

[Jonesy]

is it possible to recover the hdd, no problems buying a new one just some important stuff needs saving.

 

[V1NNY]

pc world do hard drive recovery

 

[tommyboy]

yeah, its f**ked.

no s**t sherlock

 

[Clellandmc]

pc world do hard drive recovery

I'd never trust those fools with my data!

 

[KDF]

I would stay clear of pc world..

It depends whats wrong with your HDD, if its the controler card you could by the same model HDD and swap controller cards.. or you can open up the hdd and swap out the platters.. but thats very technical and not something you should really think about doing.

 

[Tim172]

is it possible to recover the hdd, no problems buying a new one just some important stuff needs saving.

http://computers.search.ebay.co.uk/...2QQfromZR40QQsacatZ31491QQsatitleZhddQ202Q2e5

Would be your best best to see what you can get off, wouldn't bother paying someone like pc world to do it, if its massively important you could talk to a specialist but that will cost serious money!

 

[Rick-Reid]

Buy a new laptop 2.5" hdd and fit that. and get a 2.5" to 3.5" converter so you can try it on you PC.