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    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Ginobili, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. Ginobili

    Ginobili Newbie

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    Hey guys I own a VGn-Z650n/b and it just died on me. It was working perfectly fine earlier and now will no longer boot windows. I think it's the hard drive that died. Two questions is there a diagnostic i can run to confirm this? secondly What is a good cheap replacement HDD for it. I didn't have the solid state.
     
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  2. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    Plenty of diagnostic tools, including brand specific - What brand is your HDD?

    Or you can boot from Hiren's Boot CD - all kind of stuff there.
     
    Gracy123, Jan 21, 2011
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    I'm not sure of the brand but i can't access windows or anything, so it has to be something in the bios or a windows command prompt diagnostic or something. I tried to reformat and re-install windows but the computer wouldn't load up the CD. I don't want it to end up being another issue. Thank you for the help.
     
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  4. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    In BIOS make sure you have CD first in the boot order, press F2 in BIOS... If it's already first and the system wont read the CD... that could possibly mean a bigger problem
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Jan 21, 2011
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