Flashing hard disk drive indicator on a Lenovo idea centre k4 series

Partition both drives with a data partition to allow your data to be accessible outside of your system partition. In other words create 2 partitions on both drives, and name them data only or something like that. I do this with 4 drives in my tower and can see all the drives when I switch to a seperate O/S which is as you are wanting to do on 2 sepearte drives.

If your wondering how to format your hard drive on windows do this
Start>(right click) My computer>manage>Disk management>(right click hard drive) >format

This sounds like hard drive issues, remove hardware and reseat it back in place, if no change! sub out the ram one at a time testing as you go.If still nothing! the hard drive needs to be a assessed for possible replacement.

You said your computer brand is Lenovo or your U disk brand is Lenovo;

If the computer brand is Lenovo, go find the USB Flash Memory Drives Lenovo website;

If the U disk brand is Lenovo, then you will see your motherboard brand, then to find the USP bus driver, and it will
be OK.

Sometimes when a flashmemory stick or USB external hard drive fails because it was not removed fromthe USB port properly. If the device is removed byjust pulling it out of the USB port, it can cause the flash device to fail, youmust click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar and select thedevice you wish to remove and only do so when instructed to do so When the flash memoryUSB hard drive device appears to malfunction it maybe possible to restoreit by reformatting it. Insert the flash or USB hard drive into the USB port then Click on Control Panel - AdministrativeTools - Computer Management - Disk Management. Then right click on Disk 1removable drive and click Format. After the flash drive has been formatted itwill indicate that it is Healthy.

Bad clusters are non working areas on the hard disk. When you run Chkdsk it locks out these bad clusters so data is not written on these areas and give you file errors.
Bad clusters are an indication that the hard drive is nearly worn out and the number of bad clusters will increase until the hard drive stops working.
I suggest you back up your data before the hard drive fails completely.
I recommend you replace this hard disk as soon as you can with a new one and install Windows on the the new hard drive, plus the computer's device drivers and your programs.

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to remove the hard disk, remove screws from small hard disk drive door (loacted on back of notebook), disconnect the hard disk by removing two screws (if applicable) pull tab to remove disk.

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if you do eventually get access to your operating system , when computer runs normally ---

run this test ,, read carefully and follow instructions - go to this link and download the program first

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-70578

then follow instructions below.

Windows XP

1. Click Start, select Search, then click All files and folders.
2. Type hddquicktest_setup_60549818x86.exe in the search field, then click Search. This will locate the file you just downloaded.
3. Double-click the hddquicktest_setup_60549818x86.exe icon.
4. PC-Doctor for Windows will be installed on your system.

How to Run Lenovo Hard Drive Quick Test
Summary
Lenovo Hard Drive Quick Test is a diagnostic tool that tests the hard drives in Lenovo ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and Lenovo 3000 computers running Windows XP or Vista released after January 2004. If you are experiencing issues with your Lenovo product, you may run this test to determine if your issues are hard drive related.
Running Lenovo Hard Drive Quick Test
To run Lenovo Hard Drive Quick Test from Windows, follow these steps:
1. Download the test to your computer.
2. Run the application install and choose the defaults. Once installed, the application will be placed under a "Lenovo Services" choice on your Start Menu.
3. If the application detects that the Lenovo System Toolbox is already installed, it will ask whether you want to continue the installation. This is because the new hard drive test is installed by default as part of the Lenovo System Toolbox.
4. Choose a drive if you have more than one drive.
5. Start the Test
Testing in process:
1. The test may take 4 to 6 minutes depending on the size and speed of the drive.
2. When the diagnostics are complete, a message will be displayed indicating that test "Passed", "Failed", or "further testing is required to verify the drive's proper operation". If further testing is required, start running the extended test. The test may take more than an hour depending on the size and speed of the drive.
3. When the diagnostics are complete the extended test, a message will be displayed indicating that the test Passed" or Failed".
4. If the test failed, contact Lenovo Support Center
Note: Lenovo Hard Drive Quick Test is included in http://www.lenovo.com/systemtoolbox
Lenovo System Toolbox is a full application of computer diagnostics utilities.

hope this helps

It appears your hard disk may failing. Back up your data while in safe mode. Then do an in-place operating system repair if you can. But if the hard drive is failing, it will need to be replaced.

try reset bios to defaults.

Pretty poor customer service of the repair shop if it failed so soon and they won't honor it. The new drive they installed should have been warrantied, and should be eligible for replacement.

HDD failures in laptops are common in heavy use due them being bounced around a bit. It only really takes one well timed smack to end a hard drives life. They are mechanical, and very delicate. To avoid this, have the next hard drive installed be a solid state hard drive, they are not mechanically, basically a giant flash memory (thumb drive) drive. While they can be a bit pricey per GB, see how much you really need, it will be worth the investment. The newest generation, single-level cell (SLC) solid state drives, are also much faster than standard notebook drives.

Hope that helps.