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Laptop only loads bios
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genz
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Some machines fail before they even get to your door, some fail after the first week. It's the nature of a mechanical disk, all things of a mechanical nature fail, sometimes very quickly. It also depends on the conditions. For example if you keep your machine on 24/7 and you have power settings set to high performance mode in Windows your Hard Drive will build heat. Same if you usually sit it on surfaces like duvets which absorb heat (staying warm for long periods) and often block the ports. If your Hard Drive is sitting in a space that's over 40C then it will fail far faster than if it was sitting at room temperature.
Laptops are especially susceptible to this as they are built to use as little space together and as a result they often have frankly inadequate cooling as a result. Hard Drives are very overlooked as a good bath will still run for a year or two when far over safe temperature.
Your best bet to eliminate the HDD as a problem (but not the socket), is to find a desktop PC hard drive and a sata cable and see if it will pass POST with that connected to the SATA port. Use Youtube to find a guide to open your Laptop safely, but remember this will most likely break the seal and invalidate your warranty, so if you still have some sort of guarantee just RMA it.
dodger46
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Not uncommon for an HDD to fail in so short a time, it will still be under warranty, so claim for a new one from the Manufacturer. They should provide you with a new drive and Installation disks, or get you to return it for repair if you're not confident in doing it yourself. Only advantage of DIY is it's a lot quicker!
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All you have to do is go into BIOS then Save and Exit, you don't need to make any changes but you could check that the Time & date is correct while you are there.
Usually, with some latops (and Pc's) if ther has been any removal or changing of anything like the battery, ram, or hard drive, the bios needs a manual update Save.
Usually, with some latops (and Pc's) if ther has been any removal or changing of anything like the battery, ram, or hard drive, the bios needs a manual update Save.
dodger46
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Laptop HDDs tend to be fitted with caddies which are then screwed to the Laptop base, so highly unlikely. Most manufacturers will get the unit returned to base for repair, but will supply replacement HDD if asked, with an Installation Disk to re-install Windows... Meanwhile it wouldn't do any harm to remove the HDD cover and check the connection just in case!
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