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    HP hdd self Test fail #2 -07 ???

    Discussion in 'HP' started by royk50, Aug 19, 2008.

  1. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    Hp Pav. dv1000
    can anyone shed light on the above error code ?
     
    royk50, Aug 19, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm pretty sure that means you need a new hard drive.
     
    Greg, Aug 19, 2008
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    Download HDtune and check the SMART health. Also do a full HD scan.

    Could be a false positive. Its happened to me in the past. My other HD's were failing the test and they were perfectly fine.
     
    flipfire, Aug 19, 2008
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    it bsod every boot
    just ran dos SMART monitor many life critical "*"
    any recommendations on how to extract data before sending it "home" ?
     
    royk50, Aug 19, 2008
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    Its definately failing then.

    Shove it on a external USB enclosure and see if even gets detected. Sounds like its in very bad health.
     
    flipfire, Aug 19, 2008
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    I've used FindNTFS before. I forget the command line option to bring up the user interface, that makes it much easier to use. Anyhow, take out your HD, plug it into a USB adapter so you can read it from another machine, and use FindNTFS to recover what you can.

    If you're lucky SpinRite can resurrect the drive long enough to recover your data, or repair enough damage for FindNTFS to have more success. It's not cheap but it's very good.
     
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    thanks all for the quick reply.
     
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    ok last update using hiren boot cd managed to correct all errors, managed to boot into windows and backup everything. will get a new drive pronto.
     
    royk50, Aug 19, 2008
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