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    Qosmio E15 HDD Failure and Replacement

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by rlucas807, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. rlucas807

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    Hi All,

    I have a Qosmio E15 with a HDD that just failed, it will no longer boot. So I thought I would buy a new one and replace it, but I am having a problem, so I seek some guidance.

    I bought a WD Scorpio, 160GB EIDE HDD to replace the unit. I easily installed the new drive, popped in the recovery disk (this is all that I have) and turned on the machine.

    During boot up, it appears to recognize the drive as Q: and then tries to boot off the recovery CD, it prompts me that it starting the system restore to press "C" to acknowledge that all information on the drive will be erased. When I press "C" it just shuts down the laptop and reboots to the same screen. I am then stuck in this continuous loop.

    Now, I have not formatted the new drive, there are files on the drive and I was not sure if erasing them by performing a format would be the right thing to do. The WD site was not much help and the 1 paragraph instruction sheet that came with the drive didn't help either!

    Any input would be greatly appreciated!
     
    rlucas807, Jul 25, 2008
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