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need help! i dropped my laptop [edit]
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:04 am
by moon.ninja
i dropped my laptop and now it turns on but wont start up..
all my work is in there, what can i do? =='
i know nothing about computers so dont tell me to open it up and play with the insides of it.
edit: based on what ive read here, im doomed.
Maybe i should start doing all my work again
anyway, thanks for all the help!
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:11 am
by Isis
Well that's a silly thing to go and do..
Sorry I can't much of a help
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:17 am
by _Angels
go test ur harddrive =/
ermm look if theres some computershops around if u think u can do it urself.
if thats the case ur kinda screwed =/ there are also some software to test ur HD if its still works or is broken.
usually when it happend to me. and it wont start up to windows , only thing u can do is pray ur data is save..so u connect it to a other computer as an external hard drive. so u can pass ur windows using other windows of your other computer but it only works if u have 2 computer and a cable u can get at any electronic store >__<
But i really recommend u to a near computer store where they can do it right if the data is save'able.
Goodluck with it
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:20 am
by MrTwilliger
Take it to a repair shop, chances are you can't fix it yourself. More than likely some devices would of come loose from the motherboard but since you dont know how to pull it apart and fix it, than you have to let them do it. Lets just hope none of the sectors on your hard drive got damaged.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:49 am
by Vinyl
I wonder how he got on SRF with his laptop broken.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:52 am
by Swindler
Vinyl wrote:I wonder how he got on SRF with his laptop broken.
Rofl, are you serious?
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:52 am
by Toasty
Vinyl wrote:I wonder how he got on SRF with his laptop broken.
Erm.. on another computer?
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:46 pm
by Midori
Don't feel to bad, most new laptops these days have the ability to let you just undo a screw and pull the hard drive out with out having to open it up completely. IMO it's actually easier than replacing an desktop hard drive.
MrTwilliger wrote:Take it to a repair shop, chances are you can't fix it yourself. More than likely some devices would of come loose from the motherboard but since you dont know how to pull it apart and fix it, than you have to let them do it. Lets just hope none of the sectors on your hard drive got damaged.
It's actually pretty easy, it's just time consuming and VERY confusing to put back together.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:04 pm
by William-CL
lol .....Sry, but a similar hing happened to my laptop and same issue. It's still siting Right over there *points to left* Not working.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:07 pm
by Tig3ress
Yup, laptops should have inbuilt anti grav systems. Or at least certified military parachute devices.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:43 pm
by Mirosuke
answer: ask yourself why the heck did you dropped your own latop.
Okay, maybe was an accident... but you didn't said that lol
Well, try dropping it again. Should it work XD
mines worked :]
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:14 pm
by Isis
Mirosuke wrote:answer: ask yourself why the heck did you dropped your own latop.
Okay, maybe was an accident... but you didn't said that lol
Well, try dropping it again. Should it work XD
mines worked :]
Try chucking out the window, see if it works then? Plus make sure you're high up, just incase.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:53 pm
by Jstar1
X-Lax wrote:
It's actually pretty easy, it's just time consuming and VERY confusing to put back together.
lol it isnt easy when its confusing
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:54 am
by Midori
Jstar1 wrote:X-Lax wrote:
It's actually pretty easy, it's just time consuming and VERY confusing to put back together.
lol it isnt easy when its confusing
Let me correct myself then.
It's easy to take apart look at the insides. The hard part is putting it back together.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:42 am
by William-CL
X-Lax wrote:Jstar1 wrote:X-Lax wrote:
It's actually pretty easy, it's just time consuming and VERY confusing to put back together.
lol it isnt easy when its confusing
Let me correct myself then.
It's easy to take apart look at the insides. The hard part is putting it back together.
I actually never found it hard except the dam screen. The folding part thingy. It got locked somehow so when it was suppose to act as a hinge it stayed still and just kept screwing itself up even more.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:56 am
by Rav3r
Try restart but back up your data thats what happened with my desktop it would start up then nothing
i just restarted it and it said backing up files so yer see if that works or something
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:32 am
by MiKe 51-50
your hard drive may have been corrupted beyond repair.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:47 am
by [SD]Twysta
good luck :p
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:01 am
by DumboDii
Most likely your hard drive is farked up.
There is this little "needle" that reads/writes information on hd and in most laptops the needle will scratch the hd when dropped. Some laptops will move the needle away from hd disk when your laptop moves too suddenly. All I can say is "Have fun trying to save your works"
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:52 pm
by woutR
Which is why you should always put important work for school on your email.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:36 pm
by Brago
See what your warrenty covers and ruin your laptop then send it in.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:07 pm
by JoyFax
Tig3ress wrote:Yup, laptops should have inbuilt anti grav systems. Or at least certified military parachute devices.
Actually some do have a system to save the disc when the laptop falls down...
Don't know how to explain it very well in english but in resume: It saves the disc when it falls.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:16 pm
by *BlackFox
Toasty wrote:Vinyl wrote:I wonder how he got on SRF with his laptop broken.
Erm.. on another computer?
lulz
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:27 pm
by DumboDii
JoyFax wrote:Tig3ress wrote:Yup, laptops should have inbuilt anti grav systems. Or at least certified military parachute devices.
Actually some do have a system to save the disc when the laptop falls down...
Don't know how to explain it very well in english but in resume: It saves the disc when it falls.
DumboDii wrote:Most likely your hard drive is farked up.
There is this little "needle" that reads/writes information on hd and in most laptops the needle will scratch the hd when dropped. Some laptops will move the needle away from hd disk when your laptop moves too suddenly. All I can say is "Have fun trying to save your works"
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:28 pm
by JoyFax
DumboDii wrote:JoyFax wrote:Tig3ress wrote:Yup, laptops should have inbuilt anti grav systems. Or at least certified military parachute devices.
Actually some do have a system to save the disc when the laptop falls down...
Don't know how to explain it very well in english but in resume: It saves the disc when it falls.
DumboDii wrote:Most likely your hard drive is farked up.
There is this little "needle" that reads/writes information on hd and in most laptops the needle will scratch the hd when dropped. Some laptops will move the needle away from hd disk when your laptop moves too suddenly. All I can say is "Have fun trying to save your works"
Yeah I then saw his post :p
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:49 pm
by Amarisa
Mirosuke wrote:answer: ask yourself why the heck did you dropped your own latop.
Okay, maybe was an accident... but you didn't said that lol
Well, try dropping it again. Should it work XD
mines worked :]
no that only works for ipods.....
its most likly the hard drive if you have another laptop hard drive switch them out and test it to see if it works or take it to a computer place
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:09 pm
by Puni
DumboDii wrote:JoyFax wrote:Tig3ress wrote:Yup, laptops should have inbuilt anti grav systems. Or at least certified military parachute devices.
Actually some do have a system to save the disc when the laptop falls down...
Don't know how to explain it very well in english but in resume: It saves the disc when it falls.
DumboDii wrote:Most likely your hard drive is farked up.
There is this little "needle" that reads/writes information on hd and in most laptops the needle will scratch the hd when dropped. Some laptops will move the needle away from hd disk when your laptop moves too suddenly. All I can say is "Have fun trying to save your works"
Actually harddrives are really tough if they're turned off
If your laptop was off when you dropped it then I dont think the harddrive is the problem however if it was turned on the harddrive is as fragile as the other components so it might have been damaged
The reason I say that harddrives are tough when they're is cus my dad always said that and I never believed him, so a while ago I grabbed an old 20GB harddrive and threw it down the stairs it got a pretty solid bang but u couldnt see anything wrong with it, so i put it into my computer it made a weird noise for like half a second and then started spinning right away and amazingly it worked
But if you dont have much computer knowledge and dont know anyone who has any i suggest you get it to a computer shop to get it checked
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:27 pm
by Draquish
Drop it again.
Re: need help! i dropped my laptop [edit]
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:34 pm
by Grimjaw
That's to bad. You should take better care of it so this doesn't happen again. Anyway, I guess it's going to be a costly lesson.
Hope ya get it worked out though.