I have a Compaq Presario SR5710Y. I accidently cut the power on the surge protector as it was rebooting causing problems. It is very slow to respond to any commands now
I first tried to restore it to an earlier day. Took an hour to restore, and did not help. I then went into the C-Drive properties and ran the tool to check and repair the hard drive. Still slow. Next I installed the OS from the CD that came with it. Took 17 hours and it did no good. As a last step, knowing this would cost me any files I had not backed up, I did a factory recovery. That took 14 hours and it is still too slow to respond to any commands. Takes upward of 5 minutes to open anything. Did this damage the hard drive or something?????
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2 posts same question. 12 year old PC.
your hdd is bad. (both that old)
since is basically dead PC, why not boot to Linux live media
click try me, and pick disktest, Unbuntu v17+ is free)
then see that old HDD Fail and the 2nd one too?
no OS on earth will load to any bad hDD>
buy SSD put it , and load OS
you didn't say what OS yor are running, VISTA?
pulling the cord is no damage, not really
it cause the dirty bit to set and old windows will recover that with F8 safe mode (no OS stated so Im not going to answer for all 5.)
OLD AMD Athlon X2 4450e
2008 made , 11 years old.
it came new with VISTA (not good that) ever.
HP does not support it nor does Microsoft.
most of these are in the recycle center now.
best is send it to IRAN, IF YOU GET MY DRIFT.
A BAD HDD CAN NOT BE REPAIRED , not ever.
if the S.M.A.R.T tests fail, 2001 to now, that is dead drive.
for ever, MS., check disk never ever can repair any hDD.
The smart test is free, if PC boots
run crystaldiskinfo.exe free.
the yellow or red drive means just that.
the unrecoverable sectors over 0 is A BAD HDD.
what install media is this, not said, so,,,, answers hard.
the CD drive 12 years old can be bad
as can old CDs bad, if scratched.
if PC is loved (why I;ve no clue) buy SSD new put it in
and install W7. at least it has support.
for a few more months. that is.
LEARN THIS ABOUT ALL OLD HDD.
THEY HAD NEW SPARE CLUSTERS
WHEN OUT , THE DRIVE IS NOW NO GOOD.
A FACT. RUN SMART TESTS, STATUS, IF IT SHOWS BAD IT IS BAD.
FOR SURE.
OTHER HDD TESTS IN FACT CAN BE USELESS. UNLESS 100% DEAD. (LIKE DEAD MOTOR DEAD)
windows 10 (is toss coin if it can run)
my guess no ,but lots of luck and it might.
w7 ends support in Jan 2020
on any old PC use the right tools to test the hDD
and windows vista check disk IS NOT THAT TOOL.
sorry.
on a used HDD or SSD?, erase the disk first.
if hdd is new brand new in a sealed box say so please.
the run full smart tests, using a Linux live boot DVD or usb stick booted.
then run Linux "disktest"
or crystaldiskinfo.exe
then load windows last .,in that order.
best is to load windows off USB stick
CD drives love to fail this old sure do.
w10 is free to try, not any cost if you have blank media, for 30 full days.
on dead PC, there are 3 ways to test the
suspected hdd (or ssd)
1: use the Linux demo disk,booted.
run disktest. (Ubuntu v17+ up works)
2: boot to say w7 when PE disk run off it
crystaldiskinfo.exe.
3: move the hdd to 2nd PC and run as 2nd drive, and run crystaldiskinfo.exe.
here is the Linux way, running now.http://www.pcdied.com/linux.html
see the sectors on the hDd are dead.
dead for eternity and hopeless to.'
see the red marked errors !
costs nothing to do that, the test.
here is cystaldiskinfo.exe (free)
and odd HDD< that ran out of spare clusters.
this HDD id DOOMED, (useless)
http://www.pcdied.com/raw/smart-failed.J...
check out parameter C6, see that, that is the numbers of doom, it grows worse every day more.