not sure if this is the forum to post this problem on, as its not really game related, but i do hope someone can point me in the right direction or even give me some insight to my plight....
it all started 3 days ago, while browsing the net my laptop just froze completely, nothing would respond, so i had to do a forced shutdown (hold power button for 5 secs) i then proceeded to reboot and was greeted with KSOD (black screen of death).
i did a lot of research into this and consequently decided to do a full re-install of windows (XP)
my genuine copy of XP (multiload version) got to the part where it loads all the system files but wouldn't go any further, i then tried a bootleg copy of XP that i have for emergencies, this version got stopped to avoid damage to my hard drive and i was instructed to do a virus check etc, i then tried the Vista recovery disc i got with the laptop, this got to 98% and decided it didnt want to go any further.
so some further research later and i discovered i could alter the AHCI setting in the BIOS to IDE, so this is what i did and proceeded with the install of my bootleg copy of XP (my genuine versions of XP and Vista still wasn't having any of it).
so all went swimmingly XP loaded and ran, except it was running really really slow, and it sounded like the hard drive was really struggling to do what it's meant to (although its not making any strange noises, the noise it makes sounds just like normal, but slower) , for some reason i associated this with the fact i had changed the BIOS setting to IDE, so i went n changed it back, this is where i ran into more problems, i rebooted n found the working windows would now NOT work.
so ALOT more research later and i found i had to re-install the AHCI sata controllers (easier said than done) but i managed it. i rebooted and windows found new hardware (hard drive, pci bus and disc drive) the problem now is because the system is running seriously slow, it seems its struggling to re-install the needed drivers. i also reflashed the BIOS to v1.22 or v2.22, cant remember which.
so i ask once again, is it time for a new hard drive? or is there anything i can do that might resolve my problem?
my system specs should you need them are:
Brand: Fujitsu Siemens esprimo mobile V6535 Screen Size: 15.4 inches Processor Processor Brand: Intel Processor Type: Intel Celeron Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz Memory RAM Size: 1 GB Hard Drive Hard Drive Size: 160 GB Additional Specifications Operating System:
Windows XP Pro & Vista business 32bit
it all started 3 days ago, while browsing the net my laptop just froze completely, nothing would respond, so i had to do a forced shutdown (hold power button for 5 secs) i then proceeded to reboot and was greeted with KSOD (black screen of death).
i did a lot of research into this and consequently decided to do a full re-install of windows (XP)
my genuine copy of XP (multiload version) got to the part where it loads all the system files but wouldn't go any further, i then tried a bootleg copy of XP that i have for emergencies, this version got stopped to avoid damage to my hard drive and i was instructed to do a virus check etc, i then tried the Vista recovery disc i got with the laptop, this got to 98% and decided it didnt want to go any further.
so some further research later and i discovered i could alter the AHCI setting in the BIOS to IDE, so this is what i did and proceeded with the install of my bootleg copy of XP (my genuine versions of XP and Vista still wasn't having any of it).
so all went swimmingly XP loaded and ran, except it was running really really slow, and it sounded like the hard drive was really struggling to do what it's meant to (although its not making any strange noises, the noise it makes sounds just like normal, but slower) , for some reason i associated this with the fact i had changed the BIOS setting to IDE, so i went n changed it back, this is where i ran into more problems, i rebooted n found the working windows would now NOT work.
so ALOT more research later and i found i had to re-install the AHCI sata controllers (easier said than done) but i managed it. i rebooted and windows found new hardware (hard drive, pci bus and disc drive) the problem now is because the system is running seriously slow, it seems its struggling to re-install the needed drivers. i also reflashed the BIOS to v1.22 or v2.22, cant remember which.
so i ask once again, is it time for a new hard drive? or is there anything i can do that might resolve my problem?
my system specs should you need them are:
Brand: Fujitsu Siemens esprimo mobile V6535 Screen Size: 15.4 inches Processor Processor Brand: Intel Processor Type: Intel Celeron Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz Memory RAM Size: 1 GB Hard Drive Hard Drive Size: 160 GB Additional Specifications Operating System:
Windows XP Pro & Vista business 32bit