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    So a hard-drive faling the drive self test is bad right?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MagusDraco, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    I guess the question is..is it "the hdd is gonna die soon" bad or "it's just gonna keep randomly hard freezing on you" bad.


    Is there anyway I can get more info from the drive about what exactly is failing?

    It's a toshiba

    edit: mispelled failing, guess there's more than the hdd failing right now.
     
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    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    It will become terminal, no question about it. Be glad you got warning in the form of a failed test and freezing, and back-up your data and replace it.
     
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    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    yeah I've been backing things up every few days.

    alright. So I'm in the market for a new hdd then.

    hmmmm....
     
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    yeah yeah. that looks nice.

    Still I think I'm gonna first try to get HP to send me a replacement hard-drive one more time instead of..say...HP wanting me to send my entire laptop in because "there's 60 screws holding the hard-drive down and a user replacing it voids the warranty"

    nevermind the fact that the envy14 was designed to have the user replace the hard-drive with ease (it's in the battery bay)

    *sighs* HP customer support can be so horrible.


    Hell, I'll take the charge to my credit card so long as they remove it after I send the broken hdd back.
     
    MagusDraco, Sep 2, 2010
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