strange problem in hdd

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i got a seagate 160gb hdd back from rma couple of days ago.
this was the first time i ever lay my hands upon a fresh new hdd. i made 4 partitions in it and installed win 7 on one partition.

everything was fine, os running, i surfed net for a while, when suddenly the system just hang up. i tried ctrl+alt+del but nthing happened. so i restarted the system by main button, but then it displayed 'error loading operating system'.

i thought the os is corrupted so then i tried to install the os again but after 'loading windows file' step, the system is stuck on 'starting windows' where windows logo shows up. tried it 2-3 times but same problem.

help me, is it the hard drive's problem or something else?
surely it is not dvd's problem because i last time it worked fine and os successfully installed.

sorry for the bad english

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Seems like Over Heating Problem

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over heating in what?

@bharat_14101991:Reconnect the power and data cables to the hdd.Also change the port on the motherboard to which the HDD is connected.Something is loose.

or else try a different molex connector of the PSU and connect it directly to the HDD - you can also check the HDD using seatools.

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i tried every connection.. but no help

@topgear no computer to use seatools

plz help guyz

^^ you have to download and write the seatools iso file on a CD to make a bootable disc ( ask a friend to so ) - boot your system with this CD and check the HDD and post the result.

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K will do that asap, thanx

Also try installing windows from another disc or USB drive.

bharat_14101991 said:
when suddenly the system just hang up. i tried ctrl+alt+del but nthing happened. so i restarted the system by main button, but then it displayed 'error loading operating system'.

might be RAM issue..

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@all somehow my system is up and running, but my harddisk is making so much noise. so i guess the harddisk is faulty. checking with seatools.

@saswat23 yeh tried from a different disk but that too failed, but now the system is running so i guess the problem is not with the os

@zangetsu no the RAMs are fine... was using them before i gave the hdd for RMA..

^^ Send that HDD again to RMA.
HDD making too much noise means mechanical error. Only solution is RMA.

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in total, seagate screwed me, first they took nearly 20 days to send me hdd back that too repaired not replaced (as everyone gets) and now this problem. didnt expect this from seagate

bharat_14101991 said:
in total, seagate screwed me, first they took nearly 20 days to send me hdd back that too repaired not replaced (as everyone gets) and now this problem. didnt expect this from seagate

this is not new to me...experienced it earlier.

thats y i changed my choices to WD :mrgreen:

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I thot seagate was a good company...