Author Topic: Throwing a possibly dead hard drive into another computer... (Read 2605 times)

thevampirehanna · « **on:** April 04, 2009, 07:26:55 PM »

Shouldnt cause any damage eh? Im thinking not but I figured a double check would never hurt.

Here's the deal. I wasn't home when it happened, I just came back from camping and it was very much not alive. I pressed power button and it sounded as if it was turning on but nothing. nothing on the screen and when i tried plugging another monitor into it nothing as well.
we had an electrical storm the night before and I can only assume that's what did it, since it was working the day before according to my folks.

And so My Hp Pavillion zv 5000 's hard drive is sitting in front of me since I have narrowed it down to that or the mother board. And so to test this I figured I would
test this by popping the *possibly* dead hard drive in my just fine new (HP Pavillion dv9000) laptop. Should be no biggie... right?

BC_Programmer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2009, 07:42:11 PM »

Under most circumstances, a bad hard drive would cause a Computer to start, but fail to boot up. (IE, it would display the POST messages and so forth).

However- that being said I have seen Hard drive problems confuse the bejesus out of a PC to the point of simply presenting the black screen.

I personally cannot see any harm in your idea; worst case scenario is the laptop fails to boot when the "dead" hard drive is in it. However, this brings up the question of wether the drive will fit, since desktop hard drives are too big to fit in laptops.

thevampirehanna · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2009, 07:45:11 PM »

Yep I ran into that issue so i figured I would just throw it into my laptops computer.. thanks bunches!

Karnac · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2009, 08:18:37 PM »

Make sure you don't have to reset your surge protector........If you're using one......Personally, I think your power supply is cooked as a result of the storm...... the brief power up may have been a residual charge in the power supply.

Geek-9pm · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2009, 08:36:50 PM »

In an electrical storm the things most hit are things one phone lines and network cables. The surge protector protects the power supply, but not the phone line of long network cable. Expect your router, modem, and Ethernet network adapters to be toast. It will be the Modem or Network card that keeps the computer from starting. Hope it did not take out the Motherboard. And the surge protector may be wiped out. Buy a new surge protector. No easy way to test it.

Ok, there is a way to test it if you are very careful.

Laska · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2009, 10:50:33 PM »

I Had a man try to throw a dead hard drive into my system 1ce
No good came of it but then again as BC_P has stated
No Irrepairable damage' was done either
A few stitches and I was fine

Geek-9pm · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2009, 10:54:29 PM »

Laska,
Next time somebody throws a hard drive, get out of the way, Then are very solid and can hurt you.

Laska · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2009, 10:59:18 PM »

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