Windows 7 dvd not recognising HDD


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Basic (64-bit)
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    Windows 7 dvd not recognising HDD


    Hi guys......I am having a serious problem with my Sony Vaio E series laptop. All of a sudden when I was skyping with my friend, it hung up. So I forced shutdown. Then it could not load windows 7 and asked for start repair. Tried to do that but after hours of repair it said 'Operating System not Found' and has been like this.

    I used a Windows 7 DVD to format and reinstall but the dvd does not recognise/boot my HDD. Moreover it gives the SMART warning at dvd boot up. I tried Ubuntu too but it also does not boot my hard drive. One interesting fact is that I tried Slax Linux also. After rebooting 3-4 times it does recognise my hard disk and I can read data from it. But windows 7 does not and hence I am not able to format and reinstall windows 7.

    So I want to know that how can I confirm that my HDD is physically damaged and needs replacement or it is some data error which can be rectified at home. I never dropped or threw away my laptop :) and so I believe there should not be any physical damage. Any suggestions will help.

    I am sorry for the long post but hopefully it shall make you understand the exact situation. Thanks in advance.

    The Laptop is Sony Vaio VPCEB24EN i3 - 350M processor 2.26 GHz (India), HDD is: Seagate SATA 320 GB

    .....Rishabh
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  2. Posts : 6,668
    Windows 7 x64
       #2

    I hate to tell you this but it sounds like the hard drive is dead.
    Especially if even ubuntu doesn't want to look at it.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Basic (64-bit)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    But Slax linux reads it only after rebooting 2-3 times.....so just want to make sure that HDD is dead before I get a new one..
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  4. Posts : 6,668
    Windows 7 x64
       #4

    Well all these installations should read it the same. I'm guessing the tolerance on slax is just a little less.
    a SMART error is a hardware level error though. S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
    The very appearance of that error kind of lends to a failing hdd just on it's own.
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