[Samantha0101]

[Stayed back to check this]
So the only solution would be to get a new hard drive??


I'll try and get someone to check back on answers to this

[KanoakaVirus]

i agree with phill on the hd

[Samantha0101]

Computer is working at the moment.
Ran check disk and it all went through fine?

[Samantha0101]

Also, forgot to say this before. Before re-formatting we tried to repair with windows disk, tried chkdsk - didnt do anything and also fixboot which did nothing too.

[philthomas]

If it's working after a successful chkdsk run, then see how it goes.
The point to bear in mind is .... chkdsk will hide bad sectors on the HDD, but it wont get rid of them and if the drive is going bad, more will appear and cause future problems. If this happens, you will certainly need to consider a new drive.
In the meantime, I would back up any important files regularly.

Now you have the PC running, you could also try going to the drive manufacturers website and download their diagnostic utility to check out the drive.

Are you running with the new Ram now ?

[Samantha0101]

Old RAM in atm, daren't put the new back in.
Did try doing the hard drive check by downloading the thing from Samsung but couldn't get it to boot from the disk.

[philthomas]

The instructions for downloading and burning the Samsung utility are quite explicit. Did you follow the instructions to the letter ? .... did you download the 2 required files (Hutil210.exe & Hutil210.zip) ?

If not the disk you create will not be bootable. If in doubt check back here for instructions.

Also you might want to check your drive boot sequence in bios to change your 1st boot device to Floppy Drive A:

[Samantha0101]

Ok, thanks. Will try again.