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    hp pavilion n5150 hdd problem

    Discussion in 'HP' started by transtechterry, Oct 30, 2004.

  1. transtechterry

    transtechterry Newbie

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    Anybody have any helpful info on hdd failures on this notebook? It won't boot into windows & it displays a message as follows: operating system not found. I have tried using a hdd utility program to determine the cause of the problem. I get a message stating that there was a device error reading drive 1 absolute sector 0 count 1. Thanks in advance for any helpful info.
     
    transtechterry, Oct 30, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    It looks like you HDD is dead. If it's having problems reading the drive, using a diag utility, you need a new drive. The OS Not Found error is usually caused when the system can't find the OS or can't read the drive. I'd go and get a new HDD (assuming this is out of warranty).

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Oct 30, 2004
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  3. Sauriol

    Sauriol Notebook Guru

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    your harddrive is dead..try a recovery first before buying a new hdd

    I'd rather be skateboarding
     
    Sauriol, Oct 31, 2004
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