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Re: Kaput laptop
« Reply #15 on: 18 January 2016, 17:41:01 »
Cheers TB!  :y 

I'll reset it to factory install and see if that makes a difference and I did have a look at the Hirens site you recommended but got scared and ran away!  :D 

I was planning on having a look at it today as it's been a miserable day, but got distracted by other stuff that cropped up.  ::)
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« Reply #16 on: 18 May 2016, 01:07:20 »
So I finally had a little tinker with this old laptop of mine the other day and put the hard drive from another deadish laptop that was languishing at the back of a cupboard in it.  :) 

No joy though as all I got was a message telling me

Boot Device Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disc.

Hard Disc - (3FO)

I havn't got a disc to load windows, so I put the original hard drive back in and now its been working fine!  :y  Although it can be very slow loading up a new website.  :-\

The thing that I don't understand is that the other laptop starts and boots up, but veeeereeee sloooooowleeee......  ::)  So that laptop 'sees' the hard drive but this one didn't....  :-\

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Re: Kaput laptop
« Reply #17 on: 18 May 2016, 09:48:38 »
Sounds like the drive was incompatible for some reason. :-\
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Re: Kaput laptop
« Reply #18 on: 18 May 2016, 11:31:03 »
Put the laptop back together and pug it into a monitor or tv using a hdmi or other cable and see what happens  ;)
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Re: Kaput laptop
« Reply #19 on: 18 May 2016, 17:33:30 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 18 May 2016, 01:07:20
So I finally had a little tinker with this old laptop of mine the other day and put the hard drive from another deadish laptop that was languishing at the back of a cupboard in it.  :) 

No joy though as all I got was a message telling me

Boot Device Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disc.

Hard Disc - (3FO)

I havn't got a disc to load windows, so I put the original hard drive back in and now its been working fine!  :y  Although it can be very slow loading up a new website.  :-\

The thing that I don't understand is that the other laptop starts and boots up, but veeeereeee sloooooowleeee......  ::)  So that laptop 'sees' the hard drive but this one didn't....  :-\
Modern fangled partitioning as used on modern-ish OS's, or old fashioned MBR?
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Re: Kaput laptop
« Reply #20 on: 18 May 2016, 17:33:51 »
Also, check in BIOS to see if that can see disk.
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