Norm35 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) I bought an older laptop off ebay. It worked great for awhile and one day my daughter knocked it over and when I started it I got a blue screen of death along with a stop error. Since then I have tried reformatting the old hard drive, once in awhile I can get it to work. I even borrowed a functioning hard drive from a friend and with both I keep getting a o/s not found error. I'm not sure if I am dealing with bad sectors here or what. When it starts to act up I can hear a ticking coming from the hard drive, sorta like a time bomb lol... Anyone have any suggestions? -----Please use descriptive titles for your topics so that we can know what the topic is about-----szupie Edited September 29, 2005 by szupie (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IWroteCode 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2005 Sounds as though when it fell, the little arms of the HD scratched across the surface of the disc, or were even bent a little. I would say buy a whole new HD to format and install your OS all over again. From what you describe, it sounds as though the HD is hosed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
