mohmak
hello
i have an HP nx9010 laptop , and it was working good .
the last time i was working on it , i suddenly heard a strange sound
( like buzzing ) and a vibration just under the touch pad , just where the hard drive is located .
After turning it off with the power button , i couldn't get back to it at all . The system shows that no hard drive is attached on startup .
I tried to remove the hard drive and re-install it , but nothing changed.
plz if anyone can guide me how to deal with this problem , is it the hard drive itself ? or the connector or controller ? can the data be retrieved in a way ???
thanks in advance
mir
welcome mohmak
i think you laptop needs to be inspected in order to know the exact problem but first
did u get the message: reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device ?
were u working while one of those thunderstorms going on ?
but here are couple of ideas
- try putting ur hdd as slave
- try booting of a live CD
- try removing the RAM , maybe electro charge
- when was ur last backup ?
mohmak
hello
first thanks for ur fast reply
well yes , that problem happened on the last stormy day ... i was working with the power cable plugged in , but on ups source with earth
protection ....
i don't get the " reboot " message , just no operating system ...
and when going to the bios setup , no hard disk is detected there .
i booted from a cd , and choose to repair the hard drive , but i got the message : no hard disk was detected .
mir
ur welcomed mohmak
lebgeekers always ready to help
well. mohmak..personally i think it is more like hardware failure
hope u have a decent recent backup and that no critical data are on hdd
wait for input from the other users .. there are some nice hardware geeks.. maybe they can help u
(giving u hope)
karim-soubra
you need to exchange your hdd
as long as no connectors are fried this should work
i hope that the restore is not on a partition of the malfunctioning hdd
if you have the restore on the cds provided with the notebook you should be safe
as for the data you hook it up to a mac and use data rescue 2
mohmak
thnx a lot ,
i believe that the problem is in the hd , and i'll manage to change it .
