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    Sony VAIO VGN-FS660 Disk problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mikehende, Feb 18, 2013.

  1. mikehende

    mikehende Notebook Consultant

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    I am trying to fix this unit for a friend of mine, he complained was working too slow, when I first got it, I was able to go to Windows and navigate around the system very slowly so I am trying to reload Win XP but formatting the HDD stuck at 21% so I figured this should be a HDD problem, powered off the unit hoping to restart and run chkdsk on it but now after the power on and initial logo and chime I am getting this message:

    I tried pressing F8 to get the various options which works but trying to go into Safe mode brings back same message above, what can i do here please?
     
    mikehende, Feb 18, 2013
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  2. Pohmell

    Pohmell Notebook Consultant

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    It's days of life have ended.
    Use external booting to recover data from it. Also you need to buy a new Drive preferably a SSD.
     
    Pohmell, Feb 18, 2013
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