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    !Urgent: I dropped my laptop, possible headcrash hdd
    « on: September 03, 2010, 01:42:21 PM »
    I tripped over my wires and my laptop brutally fell to the floor.
    My hdd started making weird sounds after that (for a short few seconds after the crash, some light.. scratchy, repeated sounds, don't know how to describe it).

    Yes my first obvious idea is to immediately backup everything I have.
    Should I be very worried for my disk now? I downloaded S.M.A.R.T. tools from SourceForge.net and
    they aren't giving me much info after running some of the commands on my disk.
    I' m worried if my hdd might be dying or if it is going to suddenly show some headcrash/click. I can't predict it.
    I would like to know a way to predict it. I want to know the state, health of my hdd and if there are sector problems.

    Thanks for letting me know.

    Edit: I'm running CrystalDiskInfo at the moment and the hdd status says: "Good".
    I'll post more detailed info in a few.

    Here's my disk report.
    « Last Edit: September 03, 2010, 01:53:12 PM by Big »
    Computerhope is corrupt.

    T.C.



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      Re: !Urgent: I dropped my laptop, possible headcrash hdd
      « Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 05:48:30 PM »
      Hard-drives like any other electro/mechanical device can fail catastrophically at any time without warning, such failure cannot be predicted although you might get some recognizable symptoms.  You should always have backup for your critical files.

      If you suspect your hdd might be damaged in any way replace it!!

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      Re: !Urgent: I dropped my laptop, possible headcrash hdd
      « Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 12:59:48 AM »
      I tripped over my wires and my laptop brutally fell to the floor.

      I thought you were supposed to be a genius?

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      Re: !Urgent: I dropped my laptop, possible headcrash hdd
      « Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 01:09:03 AM »
      I thought you were supposed to be a genius?


      Don't forget "Certified Computer Technician"
      You can't fix Stupid!!!

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      Re: !Urgent: I dropped my laptop, possible headcrash hdd
      « Reply #4 on: September 05, 2010, 03:53:12 PM »
      he/she has a lot of problems in about 4/5 topic in the forum , he/she would be better to reformat  ;) but a Certified Computer Technician should know that  ;D