starbuck2913
12-02-2005, 11:52 AM
I have a Compaq Presario 3440 CA Athlon 64 3000+ with 512 ram, 80 gb hd that started locking up a week or so ago.
I was unable to try a system restore as the computer would not boot up at all. I attempted to reinstall Windows, as much as I didn't want to, but that too was a bust. I did the quick HDD test and got a badchek sum error and am now in the midst of running the long test that Windows has onboard. I was also online via my other computer with Compaq and downloaded their drive test but could not get it to bootup to run the test.
Has anyone out there had a similar problem and what did you end up doing.
I suspect that the hard drive is toast but am not sure. Regardless, the unit is still under warranty, forever as this is a multi-user unit, there is information that was not backed up that, though not vital, will be missed.
Help, anyone????
I was unable to try a system restore as the computer would not boot up at all. I attempted to reinstall Windows, as much as I didn't want to, but that too was a bust. I did the quick HDD test and got a badchek sum error and am now in the midst of running the long test that Windows has onboard. I was also online via my other computer with Compaq and downloaded their drive test but could not get it to bootup to run the test.
Has anyone out there had a similar problem and what did you end up doing.
I suspect that the hard drive is toast but am not sure. Regardless, the unit is still under warranty, forever as this is a multi-user unit, there is information that was not backed up that, though not vital, will be missed.
Help, anyone????