Sam
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Got a customer's laptop in at the moment, Windows freezes when it gets to the blue welcome screen with the swirls and even the recovery partition freezes. Last time I just wiped the partition that Windows was on and then I could access the recovery partition and do a factory reset.
So all was I fine... I thought. They tried installing some software and now the same problem has come back. Running this program called Vivard on the Ultimate Boot CD and it's come up with a load of 'drive not ready' blocks in the scan. Also, it didn't show the drive make and model number etc. like it usually does when I run this program on a hard drive.
Hard drive = fucked?
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Dom
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Have you tried one of the manufacturer specific hdd test tools on UBCD?
If you still have issues then i'd either drop in a spare drive and see how you get on or put the current drive in a caddy and do a test of the drive on another system; both of these would also rule out the system being fubar'd.
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Sam
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Yeah I think I'll give those a go when this Vivard program finishes. Cheers Dom 
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Sam
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Testing with Samsung HDD tools, same problems. Hard drive is definitely goosed.
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pow
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You usually get a feel if the hard drive is fucked when working on a computer. Just spec them in a new hard drive, saves any come back on your part
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Sam
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Already on it 
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pow
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I had one go on me while I was backing up data a couple of weeks ago. CLUNK, WIRRRR, CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK. Bloody thing.
2 hours in the freezer helped me get the last of the data off then I sent that hard drive to hard drive heaven
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