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Strange Problem! is my HDD failing/failed?

binod049

Junior Member
Hi Guys,

I am facing a strange problem with my computer. It all started few weeks a go.. while operating windows, windows started freezing all of a sudden and resume after few minutes. While playing movies.. the movie stucks/hangs all of a sudden and speaker produces a strange noice.. trrrrrrrrrrrr and movie resumes itself and the problem repeats and sometime doesn't resume.. I had to restart my machine..

I thought there is some problem with my Windows so decided to re-install windows.. deleted all partitions, created new ones. and went ahead with the installations.. the first phase (blue screen setup)runs normally but when the 2nd phase starts (GUI) the real problem begins.. When the installation prompts for Name/Organization/Licence key.. i can;t enter the values properly. As soon as i type a character..it repeats infinitely.. can't type anything properly.. is this is symptom of HDD failure.. or its already gone?

NOTE: before this problem started, i lost one Memory module (2GB DDR2) and one 1TB WD HDD (BIOS is not detecting the HDD)

MOBO: ASUS M2NPV-VM
RAM: 2GB+1GB DDR, 800MHz (It was 5GB before.. but since the 2GB module is gone its now only 3GB)😳

experts.. please help!!!
 
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This don't sound like a HD issue.
Something else is going on with the system.
Run memtest86+ on it, and see if you get errors.
 
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