bad sectors: need advice

**siyan** · May 25th, 2002, 04:33 PM

i dropped my laptop and now it has (by chkdsks) count, 1 bad sector.

when i try to access that file (zsnes savestate), the program crashes and a very particular hd sound comes:

click
pause
then 4 clicks
then pause
repeat

so i figure, whatever..its one file.

but i keep hearing the clickign sound even after restarts and iwthout running zsnes. the system freezes sometimes and just keeps giving me that sound

is the whole of it pooched?

any ideas?

_C

**siyan** · May 25th, 2002, 05:08 PM

okay ironically just as i post this, my laptop is dying a pretty death. i think i busted the HD up reeeeaaal good

-C

**Rick Bull** · May 25th, 2002, 05:32 PM

Whoops!

Are laptop HDD easy to replace?

Behemoth · May 25th, 2002, 06:29 PM

once a harddrive becomes damaged, it gets progressively worse very quickly. This (I think) is due to fragments of damaged disk inside the harddrive case damaging more of the disk. Get the data backed up as soon as possible and replace the disk (if you can)

**JungleMan** · May 25th, 2002, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by Rick Bull
Whoops! Are laptop HDD easy to replace?

Yes they are very easy but it would void the warranty.

Call your manufacturer.

**siyan** · May 25th, 2002, 07:19 PM

my warranty was gone months ago

and i'm going to get my parents to shell out for a new one

although i did recover what i needed to

-C

**siyan** · May 26th, 2002, 08:21 PM

my parents are cheap though

i mean, check out my amazing laptop stats:

Non functional

IBM i1200
Celeron 550
128MB
5GB (4.6!!! its 4.6 i tell you)
24x cdrom
12.1" 800x600 tft (The worst part of it)
PCMCIA network card. supposedly 100mbps, acutally runs maybe 4mbps using 100% cpu (sad i know)

Hurrah!!!!!

-C

**JungleMan** · May 26th, 2002, 08:41 PM

Yeah, 20 gig laptop drives aren't much these days...just make sure you get the right size (9.5 or 12.5mm..you can just measure it

)

**siyan** · May 26th, 2002, 09:06 PM

that still leaves me with a garbage screen and 128Mb of ram.

_C

**MidgetsBro** · May 26th, 2002, 10:38 PM

You can upgrade RAM for pretty cheap as well. You can get a stick of 256 for less than $30 for a desktop PC, so for a laptop, I don't think it should be too much more, no more than $50. What type of laptop is it?

**Sastraxi** · May 26th, 2002, 10:53 PM

IBM i1200

Trouble with kids today.. they don't read

**MidgetsBro** · May 27th, 2002, 02:55 AM

LOL! I did read it, but I have a tendency to skim through posts to get to the end faster... I must have skimmed a little too fast over that one...

**Rick Bull** · May 27th, 2002, 07:32 AM

I'd have your laptop all the same

It doesn't sound that bad. I personally don't see the point of upgrading RAM, it never seems to improve the speed. CPU or Graphics Card seems to have a big impact though.

**JungleMan** · May 27th, 2002, 07:34 AM

Sastraxi:

Rick: Depends on how much is in the system in the first place...I have 512MB, if I upgraded it wouldn't make one bit of a difference...

**rinoaheartilly** · May 28th, 2002, 05:08 PM

I'd just get a new drive. there's not really a lot you can do for the grahics, I'd just get a new one.

**siyan** · May 28th, 2002, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by Rick Bull
I'd have your laptop all the same It doesn't sound that bad. I personally don't see the point of upgrading RAM, it never seems to improve the speed. CPU or Graphics Card seems to have a big impact though.

this thing only goes up to 160, and i can't acutally get 160 because the its 64 onboard and 64 in the second slot, and there's no such thing as a 96mb stick.

i'd have to downgrade to a 32mb onboard mobo and then get a 128mb stick. stuuuuupid.

but hey this thing is a piece of garbage anyhow. i'm sure you'd agree if you have one

-C

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