My laptop crashed. Windows tries to boot. Would replacing the hdd and reinstalling window fix it?
Answer:
Don't spring into conclusions as yet, mate. You might not hold to replace your HDD as yet. Your appliance failing to boot would just be an OS corruption. Just insert your OS installation compact disc and boot from it, and when it detects an already installed version of window and asks whether to repair it, give "Yes". This might as powerfully save your appliance.
consider booting with the SAFEMODE
if it boots into protected mode the problem is just a mis-config of a window OS specific files
else if it does not boots even into safe mode
budge for a hardware check , and also check the fitness of the HDD and similar other devices there !!!
Well adjectives depends if the problem was the Hdd yes it will, why do you point is the hard drive?
sometimes the concrete drive has develop impossible sectors and if the problem is not physical nearby is programs that can help.
I fix a couple of them beside HDD Regenerator a free utility I found on the web, it worked fine for a couple of drives give you a report about the issues and what be repair and what not.
if you hear a clicking noise on the strong drive then is power-driven and teh damage is out of the question to repair then a spanking new hard drive and reloading window will be fine.
there is other problems that may corrupt the OS (windows) so the best bet is try a program to check the complex drive then try to reload window if still a problem, only if you don't hear any noise on the hdd.
Gabe
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