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Is my hard drive dead?
Smug Duckling
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Okay, so basically, yesterday I somehow got a Trojan ("Internet Security 2010") on my Lenovo Thinkpad. I immediately rebooted and went into safe mode so it couldn't connect to the internet and I could figure out what was going on.
After a while in safe mode, I then rebooted again. This time, however, it Blue Screen of Deathed me as Windows was starting, when going into all modes (real and safe).
I used a WinXP recovery disk to get to a recovery console and ran chkdsk and it fixed the problem. But now I'm obviously worried that since that fixed the problem, my harddisk is inevitably toast. Is that true?
It's slightly possible that Lenovo's anti-shake software wasn't running in Safe Mode and I jostled the computer, doing damage to the hard drive.
Basically, the question is - if chkdsk fixes an issue with a computer, does it mean the HD is bad?
After a while in safe mode, I then rebooted again. This time, however, it Blue Screen of Deathed me as Windows was starting, when going into all modes (real and safe).
I used a WinXP recovery disk to get to a recovery console and ran chkdsk and it fixed the problem. But now I'm obviously worried that since that fixed the problem, my harddisk is inevitably toast. Is that true?
It's slightly possible that Lenovo's anti-shake software wasn't running in Safe Mode and I jostled the computer, doing damage to the hard drive.
Basically, the question is - if chkdsk fixes an issue with a computer, does it mean the HD is bad?
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