whats wrong with my computer?

[traksta15 10+ year member]

I did a diagnostics test on it and got error code 2000-0142, failed hard drive error. How do I fix this???

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I did a diagnostics test on it and got error code 2000-0142, failed hard drive error. How do I fix this???

buy a hard drive that doesnt have aids.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

how hard is it to replace a hard drive?

 

[SocialStealth]

you may have damaged the harddrive.

did it make a clicking sound when you turned it on?

That happened to my harddrive before, it most likely has a component knocked loose. This could be causing it to scrape against something and overheat.

I'd suggest making a fs thread for a like-new laptop that 'occasionally' freezes, nothing wrong with it though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

or sell it to me mad cheap I need one.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

basic.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya i dropped mine and it over heats like a ***** and turns off when its get real hott. sucks. well excuse to buy a new one.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

how hard is it to replace a hard drive?

its pretty easy to replace most laptop parts. in my old inspiron the harddrive popped right out the side when you removed 2 screws. check your owners manual, itll show you where all the parts are located.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

ya i dropped mine and it over heats like a ***** and turns off when its get real hott. sucks. well excuse to buy a new one.

or try replacing the fan maybe?

 

[adrian1185 10+ year member]

Pretty much u need another hard drive.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

or try replacing the fan maybe?

ya, but id prob fuck up and end up having to buy a new one anyways:crap: unless its just Remove and replace.

 

[Ksan 10+ year member]

It is very easy to replace the hard drive in that laptop it will slip out, you will need a 2.5 inch sata harddrive to replace it with. Also if you dropped it it might have knocked the hard drive loose but if this is the case you could not start windows at all, you would only be able to get to the motherboards bios.

Also if you replace the hard drive you will need a copy of windows on a disk because the partitioned space holding your backup copy of windows would be on your old drive and useless.

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

ya i dropped mine and it over heats like a ***** and turns off when its get real hott. sucks. well excuse to buy a new one.

This happened to me, turned out the CPU needed to be reattached to the heatsink. Problem solved...

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

Joo need "Runcore" flash drive and you can drop it all you want too.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

So I ordered a new hard drive, I found my restore discs, 1 says it has my utilities and my drives, the other says it has my os (vista). Do I need to install both of them? Anything I need to know before I install it tomorrow?

 

[eus090474 10+ year member]

Start with the OS CD then install the utilities. You cant install those on a computer without an OS. Let me know if you need some real help. Unfortunately, this is what I do for a living. Yes, I am that "IT guy"