jobonline20 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) hello,so yesterday 31-12-2012, i was watching onepiece ep-39, when the computer suddenly froze.so i resarted the computer, it booted alright then froze again when i moved the mouse.again i restarted the computer, it stopped booting midway after showing the win7 logo.again restarted the computer, this time i got a message with 2 choices, repair or start normally.i chose repair, it went into repairmode then again black screen. why??.so i restarted the computer again, this time it asked me to insert boot disk -> choose language-> repair. Did this, again the computer froze mid way through repair. why??.did this happen because i upgraded firefox and adobe flash player to current version (absolutely no idea which version it was) a day before.any help to get the computer up and running will be appreciated.thank you Edited January 1, 2013 by jobonline20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFlower Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) is this hard disk you speak of actually a sata3 OCZ ssd? need more details, other than how and when it crashed. system specs would be nice. Edited January 1, 2013 by JohnFlower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† ballard Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Is it a mechanical hard drive or a solid state drive? If it's a mechanical drive did you notice any sounds coming from it that are out of the ordinary? (Any ticking or grinding sounds..) Also, how old is the drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It doesn't have to necessary be a HDD failure, it could be RAM for example. That happens as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 What you'll want to do is isolate what exactly is the problem.1) First, open up your computer, and verify everything's in order, all cables plugged in etc.2) If you can, remove the hard drive and insert it into another desktop, and boot that computer, and see if that computer can see that hard drive and read the files on it.3) Remove each RAM stick and try each one, one at a time on its own. Then try with two, then three (it is possible for RAM sticks to work fine on their own, but to fail in pairs or threes, for some reason, or the opposite). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Be prepared, even if you get this problem solved, it sounds like Windows might've been corrupted in which case you probably need to redo the Windows install. Get something like this if you don't already have one, and back up the files you need. The fact that you're posting implies that you have access to some other computer which hopefully has a working hard drive and a USB port .I agree that this sounds like a RAM or storage issue. If it's memory, you can also stress test it by burning this on to a disk and booting from it (this is in addition to what Rikuo said). I hope it is memory because memory's cheap right now. Hard drives are expensive thanks to that flood that never seems to have gone away >.>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobonline20 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) sorry about not providing nfo about HDD all i know is that it is a seagate sata HDD 160gb, 1 gb RAM, pentium-d processor.when the computer starts booting i do hear ticking sound and some light grinding sounds coming from the HDD.i also changed the boot sequence to dvd drive (with boot disk inside it) as the primary in the bios. still it wont boot.let me know if i have missed any info i had to give Edited January 2, 2013 by jobonline20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Changing the boot order doesn't help unless you have a bootable disk in your drive . That just tells your computer where to look for boot devices in what order.Clicking is usually bad. If it sounds like you have a hard drive failure. In that case, even using a SATA->USB bridge like I suggested might not help, but it's worth a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobonline20 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 yes there was a boot disk inside it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Did you try removing all but one memory stick and using the boot disk like Rikuo said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobonline20 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 i'll perform the autopsy today and let you guys know about it tomorrow, thanks for the help so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobonline20 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 What you'll want to do is isolate what exactly is the problem.1) First, open up your computer, and verify everything's in order, all cables plugged in etc.2) If you can, remove the hard drive and insert it into another desktop, and boot that computer, and see if that computer can see that hard drive and read the files on it.3) Remove each RAM stick and try each one, one at a time on its own. Then try with two, then three (it is possible for RAM sticks to work fine on their own, but to fail in pairs or threes, for some reason, or the opposite).did them, and the computer is working.thanks for all your help everybody. :victory: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Um... No job... that means you're running on faulty memory (possibly...) . You should get more memory. DDR3 memory is cheap right now . Just get yourself a new 2x4GB set at like 1600MHz. It'll be like $30. Edited January 2, 2013 by Dae314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† ballard Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Since your hard drive is making clicking sounds I think it would be a good idea to back everything up you don't want to lose to be on the safe side. It's very possible that it's just your ram that is causing you problems, but it's also possible that your hard drive is on its last leg and it just decided to work this time. (Which means it might not work next time.) You should run a program called prime 95 to test your ram. Let it run for a minimum of 1 hour. 5 hours would be even better. I usually run it when I'm sleeping or when I have to go somewhere. (When you load up prime 95 it will ask you what kind of test you want to run; Choose blend.)Do you only hear clicking from your hard drive when your computer is booting? Load up some programs once you're in windows and listen for the clicking when you do that. How loud is it? Edited January 2, 2013 by ballard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobonline20 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) yes starting back up today, after i back up everything i'll do further tests.thanks againalso 2x4gb ddr3 rams sums upto around 62$, in my country. too costly Edited January 3, 2013 by jobonline20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I don't think Pentium D runs on DDR3 RAM sticks. I bet it's the old DDR or DDR2 which costs a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I never did understand why DDR2 costs more than DDR3 ^^;/>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 ^It's quiet simply because of less demand and they don't manufacturer it enough. DDR3 is overstocked and lesser demands so thus cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartclarke Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hey no need to worry, try to detect your hard drive to other system if not working means it become inaccessible, so if you want to get back your important data from crashed hard disk , Kernel for Windows data recovery is the most powerfull tool that recover and repair data from corrupt hard drive. For more info visit: www.freedatarecoverysoftware.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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