Acer Aspire 5102WLMi Notebook "hdd boot diagnostics" Questions

HDD appears to boot but stops. Fan run hard for about 5-10 seconds then backs off. I took machine aprt cleaned the fan, fan shield(very dirty), and hink shield. Removed the copper heat sink shield and

...HDD to boot from. Basically, remove components one at a time to try and reveal which one is messed up. I would even try taking out RAM. A last ditch hope is to reset CMOS by removing the battery ...

...boot to a CD. You may have to remove the Hard Drive to exclude it from the issue. If the system boots to a CD and will continue to run, then we are pretty sure the HDD/OS is the issue. Next would be ...

...HDD out, contact your acer center for them to check out your hard disk. its much better if your laptop is under warranty. all technical problems and damages are fixed for free. If you are getting a ...

...HDD) loaded windows XP pro just fine, no problems. On the Acer, I took out the RAM, and tried to boot. No beeps, no nothing. I'm at a lose as to what to try next. Also, How can I access the PQService ...

...HDD acessing, try removing the drive. boot the computer up without it in. and boot into the bios usually F2 del Or esc at bootup. Don,t do anything in the bios setup. just listen to see if the sounds ...

...HDD at buy.com or newegg.com but checking the old one and installing the new one are a little harder. The drive is simply a small SATA drive and can be plugged into any newer PC. Techs use a USB ...

...HDD on another computer. I have installed XP home on several old laptops and desktops with few problems but on this newer machine it doest work... The hard drive is a 2.5" SATA WD 1600BEVT . Are SATA ...

...boot up your computer & run a hard disk diagnostic tool like HDD Regenerator. It might take several hours (sometimes days) to fix the damage. If this did not help, then you will have to replace ...