My hard drive has failed. I was using it normally, and then most apps froze and then I got a BSOD. I rebooted, but the computer wouldn’t boot, citing an IDE error đ
The most annoying thing is that the machine is only 10 months old, and that I went for a Toshiba machine because I expected it to be better than my previous laptop, a Samsung, which at least made it to nearly 18 months before dying one me. Toshiba supposedly make good laptops.
Thankfully, it’s still be under the 12-month manufacturer’s warranty, so the reseller that sold me the machine are going to get an earful once I dig out their number. Still, I’m downloading Knoppix in the hope that I can salvage the more important data as I imagine that the ‘repair’ will merely consist of a new hard drive. In the meantime, I’ve requested a quote from OnTrack data recovery should damage to the drive be severe.
Update: Knoppix can see that there’s an HD in the system but it can’t read anything off it. This isn’t looking good. On the plus side, I do have internet and an office program and I can FTP stuff if I need to save anything.
