Is my hard drive stuffed?

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CyberDude · #1 Post by **CyberDude** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:01 am

My R51 laptop has started making a ticking sound from the hard drive when first booting up. It will then stop before getting to the windows screen and show the following error:
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting intel boot agent
Operating system not found.

If I then switch off and restart it will boot normally but still making the ticking noises. Once booted it functions as normal, no noises. I ran a full disc check using the Disk Doctor but it found no errors.

This propblem only happens on the first boot up.

Do I need to replace the HDD? I checked the cable and it's tight.

christopher_wolf · #2 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:17 am

If it isn't the cable, then I am 95% sure that your HDD is, indeed, stuffed.

CyberDude · #3 Post by **CyberDude** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:52 am

SeanM · #4 Post by **SeanM** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:43 pm

Thorough scandisk?

Have you run the drive diagnostic in PC Doctor?

brainpicker · #5 Post by **brainpicker** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:06 pm

Try SpinRite 6.0... http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

The best in the business.

-Yak

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