Yo.
My friend has given me his Acer 4315 to look at as it freezes about 10 mins in and then BSODs.
After a couple of hours looking at it, I believe the hard drive to be borked, I'd just like a second or third opinion...
Symptoms:
CHKDSK freezes at 29%
Spinrite 6 (an HD diagnostic tool) freezes at 70%
The BSOD says something about software
Spinrite claimed the HD was overheating (it was around 55c) I then put a fan underneath it and it took it down to 30c
HD activity light is on constantly
It's quite a slow laptop, Celeron, 1GB, Vista home basic, that twinned with the ongoing problem makes installing/running things a nightmare.
Anyways, I'd like your thoughts.
Cheers
My friend has given me his Acer 4315 to look at as it freezes about 10 mins in and then BSODs.
After a couple of hours looking at it, I believe the hard drive to be borked, I'd just like a second or third opinion...
Symptoms:
CHKDSK freezes at 29%
Spinrite 6 (an HD diagnostic tool) freezes at 70%
The BSOD says something about software
Spinrite claimed the HD was overheating (it was around 55c) I then put a fan underneath it and it took it down to 30c
HD activity light is on constantly
It's quite a slow laptop, Celeron, 1GB, Vista home basic, that twinned with the ongoing problem makes installing/running things a nightmare.
Anyways, I'd like your thoughts.
Cheers