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IBM travelstar hard drive will not start windows xp
I have an HP ZT 1175 laptop. When I power it on the Windows XP logo appears and if we going to start up fine then it reboots after few minutes. It never completely starts windows just a black screen. I can hear the hard drive spinning and making noise but it will not completely boot up. I tried reinstalling XP but I get an error from the hard drive. What is my cheapest solution to this problem. Thank you.
Please define "an error from the hard drive".
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When I tried reinstalling windwos xp, it gives me an error, "hard drive is corrupted or cannot be repaired".
Does it mean I have to buy a new hard drive?
I really don't want to spend money on a new hard drive if it can be fixed.
When I first tried reinstalling (atually I was trying to reformat the hard drive, and boot it up with windows xp CD), it seemed to be ok at first.
But on the finalization process the computer suddenly restarted and started the whole process again.
So, I waited and it turned off again.
A few minutes later, I turned it on and tried reinstallation again now it gives me that error message.
Please help me with fixing the hard drive.
I took it to Compusa and they quoted me $100 to just diagnose it.
Does it mean I have to buy a new hard drive?
I really don't want to spend money on a new hard drive if it can be fixed.
When I first tried reinstalling (atually I was trying to reformat the hard drive, and boot it up with windows xp CD), it seemed to be ok at first.
But on the finalization process the computer suddenly restarted and started the whole process again.
So, I waited and it turned off again.
A few minutes later, I turned it on and tried reinstallation again now it gives me that error message.
Please help me with fixing the hard drive.
I took it to Compusa and they quoted me $100 to just diagnose it.
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hv u try run chkdsk /r ?
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