i was using my computer (sony vaio laptop) the other day and it kept freezing up (like the hd was spinning). after a little it made this strange noise i hadnt heard before kinda like (click clack...... click clack...... click clack)

at least once (i think twice) i got a blue screen saying something along the lines of "shutting down to prevent damage..." and i think the other time something like "...error, beginning physical dump of memory"

and a couple times on reboot i got "Operating system not found" and/or "hard disk error"

so do i need a new hard drive? anyone have one for sale (if i do)?

9/1/2005 9:30:58 AM

The clicking is the sound of your harddrive dying/totally dead. You will need a new one.

9/1/2005 10:22:17 AM

thanks... i spoke with a friend earlier and he suggested the same thing.

i have ordered a new one from newegg.com

9/1/2005 1:00:25 PM

dead

9/1/2005 1:04:03 PM

yeh.. the good thing is, for less than $100, i'm almost tripling my hard drive size (80gig vs original 30gig)

9/1/2005 2:33:04 PM

Dude the same thing happened to me this morning...so can someone tell me if I can still get my info off the bastard.

9/1/2005 2:47:06 PM

Freezer Trick, always nice.....look it up, the instructions for it are all over this board.

9/1/2005 3:01:07 PM