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Unread 27 Jan 2006, 07:49   #5
Sir Mordred
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Re: Me and My Laptop

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Originally Posted by Nadar
I cleaned my laptop with a vacuum-cleaner today.. only the keyboard though, but it sure as hell got a lot of dirt out

(e.g. hair, LOTS of hair... where tf does it come from? I mean... I dont even HAVE that much hair)
now u know where your hair went

anyway,

looks like you toasted your HDD (does it maybe even make a clicking or scratching noise?).
as a first step, i'd recommend doing what Phil^ said (clean the air intake),
second what Doorsdown said (make sure that the system runs smoothly if bypassing the HDD by using some live-cd-os like knoppix or similar)

if step 2 works fine, then it's propably 'only' the HDD.
you could then try to
- low level format your HDD (check the HDD/laptop manufacturer's website for a tool - i hope it's not a fujitsu HDD) and reinstall your OS
- if that again hangs... you might need to get a new HDD.

hope that helps.
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