Wildmog
02-20-2008, 02:17 PM
Hey guys! It's my first time posting, and any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ok, so all of a sudden, my computer starts running poorly. Applications take a long time to load and sound constantly reverberates(like when listening to music on ITunes).
Then, a few days later, I can no longer boot from my harddrive. So I get Windows Vista and try and do a fresh install, just getting rid of everything on the harddrive. It works for a day, but things are very unstable. It constantly locks up. Then, the following morning, I can no longer boot from the harddrive. Booting from the Vista disc gives me the option to repair the drive, which I do and things are back to (relative) normal. Things are unstable, but I'm able to use my computer. Of course, it locks up again and I can no longer boot from harddrive.
So I put in the Vista disc again, hoping to just repair the drive, but Vista no longer recognizes a harddrive. So I can't repair the drive or load an OS
Is this a harddrive issue that can be fixed with just replacing the HD, or is it something else?
My specs are
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor 3800+
* 2.0 GB
* 2000 MHz front side bus
* L2 cache: 512 KB x2
Hitachi 250 GB 7200RPM PATA Hard Drive
1024 MB 400 MHz (PC3200) DDR memory (two 512 MB modules)
Ok, so all of a sudden, my computer starts running poorly. Applications take a long time to load and sound constantly reverberates(like when listening to music on ITunes).
Then, a few days later, I can no longer boot from my harddrive. So I get Windows Vista and try and do a fresh install, just getting rid of everything on the harddrive. It works for a day, but things are very unstable. It constantly locks up. Then, the following morning, I can no longer boot from the harddrive. Booting from the Vista disc gives me the option to repair the drive, which I do and things are back to (relative) normal. Things are unstable, but I'm able to use my computer. Of course, it locks up again and I can no longer boot from harddrive.
So I put in the Vista disc again, hoping to just repair the drive, but Vista no longer recognizes a harddrive. So I can't repair the drive or load an OS
Is this a harddrive issue that can be fixed with just replacing the HD, or is it something else?
My specs are
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor 3800+
* 2.0 GB
* 2000 MHz front side bus
* L2 cache: 512 KB x2
Hitachi 250 GB 7200RPM PATA Hard Drive
1024 MB 400 MHz (PC3200) DDR memory (two 512 MB modules)