Lap top dead ?

[Deadskin]

I have a HP DV1355ea lap top which was slowing down and now has
come to a complete stop, all it does now is tick.
i've done a hard drive self test which said "No IDE Device"

Does this mean i need a new hard drive ?

 

[Mucky Helmetier]

Yes..

I hope you had backed up your docs!

 

[Dickieboy]

I have a HP DV1355ea lap top which was slowing down and now has
come to a complete stop, all it does now is tick.
i've done a hard drive self test which said "No IDE Device"

Does this mean i need a new hard drive ?

Possibly but not certainly.

If the laptop has an 'a' drive, download Powermax.exe from maxtor and make a disk, then boot it in the L/top 'a' drive and it will run a diagnostic test for you and give you a couple of options should the drive be 'found' a low level format can fix a load of h/drive falts but not all.

click on the link it'll take you to the download page.


http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...oftware Downloads/All Downloads&downloadID=22

 

[Deadskin]

Possibly but not certainly.

Perhaps i should have said knocking instead of ticking
thanks for the reply

I don't suppose anbodys got a spare Seagate Momentus 4200.2 100GB hard drive