That's a scary sight

[litch]

woke up to see my computer stuck on the bios page

evidently there was a power thing during the night, and I'd changed the boot order (when I was fucking with my replay) and it wanted to whine at me when it rebooted

the problem is that after reviewing the boot order and accepting it the HD wouldn't spin up

3 finger salute got nothing, powered off and waited a few seconds for the caps to discharge and it started up fine (complained about the boot order again).

A new big SATA Hard drive has been on my list of things to get for a while, guess it goes up higher on that list.

Comments

[stacycat69.livejournal.com]

Im sorry for infecting you with my computer problems :-)

I will probably end up reinstalling Windows on Wednesday, and hope it doesnt fry my hard drive.

Hope you get the new hard drive soon!

[pasketti.livejournal.com]

Download smartmontools from http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ . Look for "Sixth Method" to find the Windows download.

After installing it, run this:
smartctl -t short /dev/hda

It was ported from *nix, so it uses the /dev/hdX notation, even under Windows.

This starts a short self test, and should finish in a couple of minutes. You can continue to use the drive while this is going on.

When it's finished, do:
smartctl -a /dev/hda

This queries the hard drive itself to see how it's doing and check the results of the test.

Also, if your BIOS has an option that's something like "Enable S.M.A.R.T", enable it. It does a smart check on boot and lets you know how it's doing.

[jher.livejournal.com]

look here before you buy a new drive.

http://www.uberbargain.com/

I recommend Western Digital or Maxtor. Don't care much for Hitachi. Seagates are ok.