- Feb 4, 2014
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Moments ago I had my laptop fall with a failed table strut. When I got to the computer, it was acting strange, slow and non responsive. I shut it down but now I'm stuck in a startup repair loop, and both CD start up repair and regular startup repair both freeze before any options are given to me. Even attempting to install windows brand new ends in a blank splash screen with mouse control.
I'm guessing maybe the hard drive died on impact with the floor? I opened everything, checked over the components, to find nothing out of the ordinary, hard drive seemed fine, but I'm not able to tell anything beyond that.
Should I continue to replace the hard drive? Or do you have any ideas of what I might try?
I was going to try and run Ubuntu to try and recover some important files, do you think this can work with a drive already being funky? Maybe it'll give me some answers also.
I'm guessing maybe the hard drive died on impact with the floor? I opened everything, checked over the components, to find nothing out of the ordinary, hard drive seemed fine, but I'm not able to tell anything beyond that.
Should I continue to replace the hard drive? Or do you have any ideas of what I might try?
I was going to try and run Ubuntu to try and recover some important files, do you think this can work with a drive already being funky? Maybe it'll give me some answers also.
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