Turdmania Urgent Help Needed

Turdmania Urgent Help Needed

I think my computer has completely died.

Drive started clicking

I thought that doesn't sound good, so looked it up on google, saw on many sites it spells disaster - backup immediately.

Backed up the docs, but all pictures, music and video had to stay on the comp as my lil 256mb USB couldnt hack it all.

tried to run a checkdsk on the strength of some advice offered in a PC help forum, so restarted the computer.

Came back to a black screen, the pooter being unable to find the damn boot.

Thought shoving the Xp CD in for a last ditch attempt may work..........er no.

More clicking.

Think i should freeze the fucker???

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Please help, lucy (on her laptop)

Re: Turdmania Urgent Help Needed

cant you back up important stuff to dvd-r or cd-r???

if your hard drive is clicking its defo fucked, putting it in the freezer is known as a way of giving you enough time to get the data off before it totally fucks, but i've never tried it so wouldn't advise it.

Re: Re: Turdmania Urgent Help Needed

no the cd rw drive doesnt write cd's anymore, it hasnt for a while - something about the calibration of some laser shit.

any suggestions?

Does the clicking noise mean I cant read from the CD drive to boot because of the little thingys not being able to find thier way about?

If this is the case If I could swap drives to the F:\ drive, make sure it is then called the C:\ drive, then install a fresh copy of windows onto that??

Like is it the C drive thats fucked, and the F drive should be ok?

Or do the little reader thingies go to both drives?

oh bugger.

From what I have been reading, the drive will no longer work unless I freeze it for a day, then get about 40mins working time out of it, coz the little reader thingies will have contracted, allowing them to find their way better - therefore get important data off (somehow).

ok here is a pic of inside my tower. aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

anyway, I can see the hard drive which is marked 13.6 GB, this is the C drive, the other is the F drive, with 40GB. Where is my F drive. I can send more pics if you request

found it, its underneath the floppy drive.

Ok, I have removed the long thin grey wires, they came out easily, I assume this is the information wire

I need to remove the yellow black black red one too do i? Is this the power?

ta, lu x

the clicking noise will be your hard disk dying. it's terminal.

it's probably the C: Drive where XP is installed. in this situation, what i would do is either 1) replace the knackered hard drive, re-install XP onto the new hard disk. 2) set your 40gb as your new master - install XP onto that. messing with the 40gb is ropey as u don't really wanna lose anything off that.


either way, stop using it for now so in the future u can possibly rescue any important stuff off the C: drive.

is any of that any help?

wicked cheers.

I have removed the powerish looking cable too.

now can you explain how I connect up the 40GB drive as my primary drive? Im reading something about it here

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading/install-hard-drive.htm

is that the right crack?

yep - grey cable is the IDE wire - the data cable. - the other is the power. you'll probably find now it won't boot at all - it'll try boot to either the CD or to the 2nd hard disk.

But, I want to call this drive C:\ otherwise it wont be too happy yeah?

Do i have to swap the IDE wire over though, so it becomes the primary thingy?

The Xp CD i want to install was already in.

When I turn the pooter on, I want to wipe F, clean install xp onto it.

My connection on that wire seems to be C:\ drive 13.6GB, E:\ drive - cd rw, D:\ drive, cd, then F:\ drive 40GB.

Dont i want my proper drive at the end of the cable??

Woah I dont have paint on my pooter!!

I was going to circle some things but er, never mind.

This is what it is looking like, have removed wires, I need a next step xx

would help if i attached the pic lopl

in hindsight, why did i just not copy all the stuff the F:\ drive, then do a repair install, rather than a clean one

Oh well. hindsight is a wonderful thing!!

yeah, thats it's. it's fairly easy, the only tricky thing is the 'jumper settings' the main drive will be your MASTER (oo-er) so this should be the 40gb.

no - that 13gb sounds totally knackered. i'd get rid of it. re-format wouldn't solve the hardware problems.

The 40GB drive is screwed in, so I cant see the jumper settings, I can see them on the 13.6GB drive (which isnt helpful is it, everyones is different)?

Will i have to unscrew it, find out what it is, move the little thingies, then put it back

OH MY GOD I wish I hadnt started lol

It cant be worse than it is thought.

Can i just leave it unlplugged the 13.6GB one? is that safe?

what is the 13gb set to?

yeah, I know, I meant when the computer was on instead of moving shit from C:\ to my USB thing, why didnt I shift it over to the F:\ drive, as that already had a copy of windows on (for some reason) then I could repair install on the F:\ drive

looks like slave, but its upside down to me.

the other one hasnt any on, and now ive taken the power out, it looks like that is slave too?