Is my laptop F@cked??

blackvenom · Post by **blackvenom** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:04 pm

I could be wrong but I don't think the bootable live OS DVD's/USB's like ubuntu write any info to the hard drive so in theory it should still boot into the Live OS even if the hard drive has failed

When you turn on your laptop, do you get any error codes?

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lagi · Post by **lagi** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:23 am

Have you set the bios to boot from cd only?

As if you can't boot into that you will not be able to load anything on.

If you do, a linux bootable will only load into memory and will disappear when you shutdown. Then that will give you good indication if its hard drive or not.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:40 am

lagi wrote:Have you set the bios to boot from cd only?

As if you can't boot into that you will not be able to load anything on.

Yes set to boot from CD, screen shows "loading files" (CD/DVD drive whirrs away normally)...then just the white arrow against a black screen.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:41 am

blackvenom wrote:
When you turn on your laptop, do you get any error codes?

No error codes.

blackvenom · Post by **blackvenom** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:09 am

wine~o wrote:Yes set to boot from CD, screen shows "loading files" (CD/DVD drive whirrs away normally)...then just the white arrow against a black screen.

We'll clearly something is causing the laptop to hang hang when booting from a CD. At this time as the Live DVD/CD doesn't write to the hard drive but loads into memory we can forget about the hard drive for now. I would next download CD called Hirens Boot Disk and run a memory test to make sure your RAM isn't goosed

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wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:45 am

Downloading it now...says it's going to take 4 to 5 hours...

Told you this laptop was slow........

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:38 am

That didn't take long then.....................

Currently running Memtest86 on the duff Lappy.

More to follow.

blackvenom · Post by **blackvenom** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:54 am

wine~o wrote:That didn't take long then.....................

Currently running Memtest86 on the duff Lappy.

More to follow.

That's the one I was thinking of but couldn't remember the name

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wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:15 pm

How long do I need to keep running it??

At the mo run time 1hr 42min.. loadsa info about the chipset etc,

What I assume is the results bar shows:-

Cached RsvdMem Memmap Cache ECC Test Pass Errors ECC Errs
2936M ... 236K ... . e820 .. on .. off .. Std ... 2 . .. 0

And the bottom of screen reads *****Pass complete, no errors, press Esc to exit***

But it's continuing to test..

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:35 pm

stopped that as I assumed the above was a "Pass" regards Ram..

After a bit of faffing I found the "Toshiba Hard Disk diagnostic 2.00b" in th Dos section....

(Laptop is a Toshiba) result ?? "The HDD under test is Defective"

Currently running "Drevitalize v1.2 (light)" to check for bad sectors....

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:23 pm

DRevitalize has now scanned 25,500 MB of 305,245 MB....

I think this could take a little while............

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:50 pm

So far 42,000 MB scanned, 13 bad sectors found......13 bad sectors recovered...

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:38 pm

55 bad sectors found and fixed @ 56,000 MB...

ayjay · Post by **ayjay** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:55 pm

wine~o wrote:55 bad sectors found and fixed @ 56,000 MB...

It sounds like it's more entertaining than telly - but it'll still all end in the last few minutes - as my M-in-law used to say (when she still had half a brain) -- ooooh the suspense!

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:17 am

Left it running overnight.........

Thought it would be done by this morning....

So far it's done 182,000 MB of 305,245 MB...

67 bad sectors found and recovered..