purplecatty
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Just today,
I was using laptop today and at the same time, my wife wanted to borrow laptop for short second to check bank statement briefly then returned it to me. As soon I was going to run a browser (she accidently closed it) and it won't respond
. So I clicked Start menu and it won't do anything. I can see hdd light stay lit . So I decide to reboot assuming that it just locked up. After rebooting, the hdd light lit on but not blinking and 30 seconds later, the white bar on bottom began to fill 1/3 way and stopped there. Error message say that cannot find vga.xx file and "You can use CD to repair Windows, press R for repair. I hit "r" and it rebooted and still not working. 
Apparently, 3 years old hdd going to die soon. I told my wife that hdd is shot.
On second thought, I might have boot sector virus because CA Internet Security suite icon showed red (x) on shield today. I decide to "secure it" assuming that it needed to be updated and scanned. Spyware been scanned and cleaned then switch to Antivirus and scanned then that's when laptop hdd went kaput. I am not sure if hdd itself or boot sector virus so I will plan to repair it using XP CD and restore mbr.
I planned to put it in freezer for short time (I learned from one AD blogger who did it last year). Then see if I can try rescue it. If not then I would try use special adapter and plug it into PC's Secondary IDE and copy if it works.
I planned to buy new 2.5 IDE hdd soon locally, maybe Microcenter. I probably would want either 7200 rpm or 5400 rpm (the first would be better
) and reinstall XP.
Catty
I was using laptop today and at the same time, my wife wanted to borrow laptop for short second to check bank statement briefly then returned it to me. As soon I was going to run a browser (she accidently closed it) and it won't respond
. So I clicked Start menu and it won't do anything. I can see hdd light stay lit . So I decide to reboot assuming that it just locked up. After rebooting, the hdd light lit on but not blinking and 30 seconds later, the white bar on bottom began to fill 1/3 way and stopped there. Error message say that cannot find vga.xx file and "You can use CD to repair Windows, press R for repair. I hit "r" and it rebooted and still not working. Apparently, 3 years old hdd going to die soon. I told my wife that hdd is shot.
On second thought, I might have boot sector virus because CA Internet Security suite icon showed red (x) on shield today. I decide to "secure it" assuming that it needed to be updated and scanned. Spyware been scanned and cleaned then switch to Antivirus and scanned then that's when laptop hdd went kaput. I am not sure if hdd itself or boot sector virus so I will plan to repair it using XP CD and restore mbr.
I planned to put it in freezer for short time (I learned from one AD blogger who did it last year). Then see if I can try rescue it. If not then I would try use special adapter and plug it into PC's Secondary IDE and copy if it works.
I planned to buy new 2.5 IDE hdd soon locally, maybe Microcenter. I probably would want either 7200 rpm or 5400 rpm (the first would be better
) and reinstall XP.Catty
It's too late for me to refund new 120gb with 8mb cache and 5400rpm. I was looking for local computer shops and stores to see if they carry SD to 44pin IDE adapter. They don't have em' locally except Compact Flash to 40pins IDE.