It sounds like there's a good chance that your hard drive died, but I would
download the diagnostic utilities from the drive's manufacturer.  I would
run these tests on the drive to see what they turn up.  If the drive is
toast and it is still covered by warranty, you can use the diagnostic code
from the tests to apply for a return of the drive for a replacment.

John Sproule

----- Original Message -----
From: "JOHN CORRIGAN" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] hard drive toast?


> Hi, a couple of days ago a clicking sound began coming from what seemed
> like the location of my hard drive. The screen froze and I had to reboot.
> It worked fine for a little while, and then it happened again. When I
> tried to reboot again, I got a black screen with a message " invalid disk
> " . Ran scan disk and got error messages every couple of seconds, with
> messages like, size of file being misrepresented or area is damaged. When
> I tried to reformat, I got the message " invalid media or track O bad,
> disk unusuable, format terminated." Guess I would like to know if my hard
> drive is dead?

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