N91 - Hard Disk Dead?

I have just started having a problem with my N91 where, when I turn it on, it freezes on the opening screen, and the hard-drive works. However, the hard drive appears to be making a louder noise than usual, a clicking noise. The only way out of this is to remove the battery.
If I turn it on without the battery cover, it boots normally, and all functions that don't require the hard disk work fine, but it won't grant access to the hard disk without me replacing the battery cover. As soon as I do this the phone locks, and the hard drive makes clicking noises again.
It will be a bit of a shame if the hard-disk data cannot be recovered, as although I have recently backup up the videos I took, and have backups of pretty much all the other data (things that came with the phone, general data files, music etc.), I didn't get copies of all the photos onto my computer's hard disk for a while.
Also, it will be a shame if it can't be repaired, as this was (and still is) the perfect phone for me, and apart from this has caused very little trouble (and I was going to hang onto it for a good while yet - I'd just treated it to new earphones for out and about use too).
Any ideas? Or is it just off to the nearest Nokia centre to hope they can do something?
Thanks,
Martin

Well, if it's dead and can't be repaired, they should surely be giving me a replacement under warranty? Otherwise that would be totally unacceptable!
Sending it direct seems like a good option to me, as long as I can find an appropriate phone that takes the sim card. Do you know if a Nokia 3410 (should have one somewhere) will take the 3g sim card? (I had to change the sim card and transfer the number across when I upgraded, as apparently the old one wouldn't support any 3g functionality). I concerned in case different standards have different voltages and the card or phone "blow up" as a result - don't want to have to skulk to my network for a replacement!
The N82 doesn't have music buttons ON THE PHONE (I'd probably prefer the N95 8GB, although the Xenon flash of the N82 is nice). Nice extra features, but then again, the sound of these phones has been criticised compared to the N91.
The N81 is not a bad replacement (but not so nice stainless steel, and crowded buttons), although not really much better in most respects, so if it were a free replacement in case of N91 being unrepairable, or if my N91 were out of warranty I'd consider it.
However, as my phone is in warranty, I think I'll avoid spending rather a lot of money on the phone for now (I'm on a £15 a month contract - the cheapest contract from my network with an upgrade is £25 a month for the next 18 months, plus probably another £100 lump sum at least. This works out at least £280. If getting a phone from elsewhere sim free, it would be similarly expensive).
Thanks for your upgrade ideas though.

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Hi,
this morning I had to retunr my laptop due to bad hard disk problem. After 8 months, it's dead already.
The positive points are: I am still under warranty and second the toshiba software hilighted me on time, allowing me to back up my data before the crash. Tks Toshiba for this tool, very usefull.
The question is, how can a hard disk die that quick after just fews months ?
Bad luck or bad use ? I am wondering.
I wish to have a feedback from those who owns same model, L670 (windows 7), to understand if this problem is commun or if I was unluckily concerned.
Also, if there are possible solutions to avoid HD stress in the daily use ? Like for example, reduce writing on it (back up of blu-ray using AnyDvD HD ON hd, then cut&paste to external HD), or to not connect too often external hard disk to avoid electricity surcharge if any ?
In future, will I have to perform chkdsk more often ? Defrag ? If yes, at which frequency ?
This is my 3rd laptop dying, Sony VAIO = mothercard dead after 1.2 years, Fujitsu Amilo xi = explosed after 3 years, and now Toshiba HD after 8 months.
From 900EUR up to 1600EUR, I do not see a significative resistance of one of those models, Sony was the badest ever in terms of video card longevity and compatibility (games unplayable after 2 months, no driver update), keyboard "painting" was a mess with deterioration after fews months compared to Fujitsu and Toshiba (no pb). Toshiba L670 more recent, was the best in terms of game compatibility.
What to do ? Stop buying laptop or use it only fews hours a day with a PC on top ?
For time beeing I can't afford to have a PC + a laptop as I am unemployed, surviving with 10EUR/day,
time to find a job again.
Despite this situation, I managed to buy new Zelman notebook cooler for my Toshiba at around 40/50EUR, but, it didn't help apparently.
Tks for feedback about L670 duration life, and particulary HD problem + best use to protect it.
Guillaume

You're not the only one.
I bought an L670 in September last year. It was strictly for home use as replacement for a desktop PC, so it was never moved.
Just after a few weeks things started to go wrong: boot fails, programs crashing, Windows 7 crashing...
It's almost 7 months now since purchase and I'm writing this message on the very same notebook with 'Hard Disk Sentinel' running in the background, reporting more bad sectors every day. It tells me that hard disk health is now down to only 9% and that it has an estimated 14 days to live.
Since the notebook is technically still running fine, I don't think I can have the HDD replaced under warranty or am I wrong? Does the HDD have to cease working alltogether before I can have it replaced under warranty?

Is My Hard Disk Dead?

So today I tried to reboot my powerbook running Tiger, and my computer will not go past the gray start up screen. I tried resetting the PRAM and NVRAM but neither worked. I't won't allow me to run in safe move. When I reboot in verbose mode it gives me a repeating error of "disk0s3: I/O error".
I then tried a resintallation of Tiger, but there is no Destination volume for me to select. When I run disk utility,all buttons are grayed out except "verify disk permission" and when I click it, I get an error saying that there are "no valid packages". I realize this means that I am missing the file "Basesystem.pkg" in my "library/recepits" folder, but I have no idea how to find that, expecially when my computer won't start up in the first place.
I am really stuck at this point. Any help is useful. Thanks in advance!
-Bill

Bill:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I concur with eww in his estimate of the viability of your HDD. Hopefully you have an up-to-date backup. If not, eww's suggestion may work, if your old HDD has any spark of life left.
Modern HDDs for your computer come in two basic speeds: 7200 rpm in capacities up to 100 GB, and 5400 rpm in capacities up to 250 GB. Here is a list of available HDDs for your computer. You can use the screens on the left to screen for capacity and manufacturer. You can compare HDDs, and compare prices for the HDD of your choice.
eww has posted a link to directions to install the disk yourself. If you decide to go that route, and it is very doable, here are few tips you may find helpful:
• Print out the ifixit directions as well as the screw guide ahead of time.
• Be sure you have the right tools. You don't want to damage the screw heads or you may never get them out. And the Torx 8 screw driver is critical.
• I use small medicine cups one for the screws in each step. I nest them so that the last ones out and the first to go back in are on top. You can use an ice cube tray, egg carton, dixie cups etc. (Some users report cutting up the screw guide and placing the applicable section in each container.)
• Be very careful pulling out leads. Hold the lead as close to the plug as possible and wiggle (the plug ) to loosen its grip. Don’t hold the wires and pull as that can damage the cable, or worse, in some instances pull the wires out of the plug. Indeed, some users have pulled the socket off the logic board! Use needle nose pliers or tweezers if you can access the plug, or nudge the plug with a small instrument to help loosen its grip.
• Use force gently in removing parts. Separating upper and lower case takes some doing. Use a plastic tool (spudge) so as not to leave marks.
• Refer to the screw guide when reassembling computer. Putting longer screws in the wrong place can perforate the circuit board.
Please do post back with further questions or comments.
cornelius

Hard drive not recognised - do I need a new hard disk?

I have a 2010 year MacBook running Lion. Performance dropped off this week, all actions very slow. Then the machine would not boot, I just got the white screen with the fan circulating at the bottom. I did a re-start with control-R pressed and got the Lion console. I ran disk repair, green initially. Fix Permission was/is red and said to run run repair disk. Then the hard disk cannot be viewed in disk utility. I've been round in circles trying this a few times. I have tried to restore from time capsule and also re-install Lion. The issue is always that the machine cannot find a hard disk to install to. I have also tried putting in the Snow Leopard disk but it will not install the OS from that. Is the hard disk dead? What am I missing? I had the hard disk replaced under warranty in late 2011 just before the 1 year warranty was up. This seems poor to me. Any help appreciated.

That SCSC documentation is quite good. I can see why others are referencing it so often.
With that in mind, you're really facing several possibilities:
The drive is bad
The cable is bad
The system is bad
If you could do something with an external drive, like set it up to boot and load the OS, you could would at least know that the core logic board is functioning properly, excluding the SATA cable, internal HD, and any connections it makes. If it works consistently in that mode, you know the CPU, RAM, and at least most of the connections between the I/O controller are decent. I'm basing this on the SCSC document about "path isolation." I would suggest using Scannerz on it, but your system would need to be at least bootable to do that, and I'm not really sure it is. If you could get an inexpensive external enclosure to swap out drives, you could do some of these tests without needing Scannerz at all. Mind you, it would be a lot easier with Scannerz but not necessary. The big "trick" with Scannerz is that if the results can be replicated from test to test, it's the platters of the drive that are the problem (and in most cases it is), but if you're getting long irregularities or I/O errors and they don't correlate to the surface scan progress, it's either the cable (most likely) or logic board problems.
As an FYI, years ago I had a 14" iBook and it developed some type of bad connection at the junction between the hard drive connector and the logic board. Attempting to use it with an internal HD renderered the system useless. However, by connecting a small FireWire drive in an external enclosure, the system was rendered useful again. Kind of a pain in the posterior to use, but not the end of the world,FWIW. My point is that if the problem ends up being related to the logic board, it doesn't mean that system is useless.
With all this in mind, I'd like to add that Scannerz is a great product. It's clever. Genuinely clever. Using the surface scan progress to segregate drive platter problems, which are typically consistent, and cable/system problems, which typically occur randomly without warning is somewhat ingenious. Using path isolation is also ingenious. However, and I stated this on another thread, the manual that comes with the product is overly technical and long winded. Better information is obtained from their web site, for anyone interested, IMHO.

How do I get finder to recognize my hard drive after pulling my hard drive out without eject...? Is my hard drive dead? I see it in disk utility... Can I get my info back?

I have a seagte back up plus. I pulled my hard drive out without ejecting it and now finder dosn't find it but I see it in disk utility (although I cant repair permissions) How do I get finder to recognize my hard drive after pulling my hard drive out without eject...? Is my hard drive dead? I see it in disk utility... Can I get my info back?
Thank you so much for any help

In Disk Utility you need to see a volume or partition in addition to the drive.
If all you see is the drive, then when you ejected it you proably corrupted the volume or partition on the drive.
If that is true then your chances of getting anything back are slim at best.
About the only thing I know that might work not is to send the disk out to a service for recovery. This is going to cost like $$$$.
Is the data worth that much?
Allan

Bad hard disks may not be dead after all.

I had a problem with a Tiger install - explained here -
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8714240#8714240
and as a result, have found a way of 'saving' the original G5 disk, which to all intents and purposes was dead and buried.
I have a working PC and came across a software application called ''HDD Regenerator''. This scans for and repairs 'bad sectors' which were found on the disk in question. There were a fair few of them.
These were 'fixed' by the regenerator and since then I have used this disk as a backup. It works well and have had no problems with it since.
This procedure is worth one's while if you can knobble someone with a pc and get this sftware. It is a straight-forward and a fairly quick application.
Bad sectors were a common ocurrance/factor with older hdds.
B.S. are areas of the disk that are bad, ie. damaged or have lost their ability to keep their 'identity' - a negative or positive charge - a one or a zero - . Most of the windows OSs can and do have a utility to write a 'warning' or set a flag thus preventing data from being written to these areas. This is termed as recovering bad sectors.
One has to initiate this procedure with older drives whereas with present disks it is done by the hdd itself.
I do not know if the Apple OSs have this capability/utility built into them or are hidden somewhere - to write warnings about BS - but think not.
The hdd that I had in the G5[2005] was 'old', comparitively.
don't give up on that 'dead' hard disk. It may be repairable.

Just as an addendum: The software mentioned Hdd Reg. is designed _specifically to do a very specialised job. I wonder if DW and Techtool aren't ''really'' up to this level of ability.
BS can not be skipped.
They must be isolated and there must be a definitive warning to prevent data being written to these ''individuals'.
I do appreciate your caution and concern regarding the reliability of a regenerated disk, but weighing up the outcome thus farm with my experience has led me to the continual useage of HDD regenerator and seemingly failing disks.
There are 2 reasons why a disk will have BS. One is: the armature that picks up and delivers data[reads and writes] is causing actual physical damage to the surface of the hd and usually in this case a drive will fail within a short space of time anyway. The other reason for BS, is poor quality materials used at the 'molecular' level. The 'bits' of data are stored on a material that is/can be magnetic - thus 0, 1 - or positive and negative -ie. an electrical charge -. if the charge will not or does not hold or the area just becomes 'unusable' because of these inconsistancies - data cannot be written here in a 'true' manner- it becomes and is a BS.
This is only a synopsis about BS and the potential for BSes.
Google, for more info.

N91 8GB care of hard disk

I had a n91 4gb a year back and used it only for 2 months.as after that it gave hdd problems. now i have the n91 8gb and was wondering if it had to fall from my hand would it give hdd probs. like hanging??
At last a nseries phone im truely happy with THE N82

Interesting.. I did not know that the Nokia N91s has accelerometer built in. I love this feature which I miss in Nokia N80 or should be there in Nokia N95. this will help in playing some games where you dont need to bust the keys even systems like the Nokia 5500 3D sensor.. wow..
Recently, I watched a youtube video where an IBM hack allowed using the IBM laptop accelerometer, used for hard disk safety purpose only, to play games by moving the whole laptop !!! this wont be feasible unless you are a gym freak but it is possible to do the same on a mobile phone .. hehe.. of course with delayed response

Unmount dead hard disk on start up using automator

I have a powerbook with a dead internal hard drive.
I currently boot from a firewire drive just fine
using a Carbon Copy Clone of the other drive.
Just one problem: the hard drive clicks for about 15 minutes
trying to work, and then gives up.
I would like to create an applescript, or use automator,
to automatically unmount the dead drive on startup,
so that the system will stop trying to reference it
and it will stop its accursed clicking.
What is the default path to the internal hard drive?
This is the best partial lead I have gotten so far, for unmounting an inappropriate volume; I am aware the syntax or path may be off.
Also: Disk Utility does not find the dead drive... period.
Thanks for any suggestions or solutions
Mo Lohaus
Partial Lead:
Open up /Applications/Applescript/Script Editor, and enter this:
do shell script "diskutil unmount \"/Volumes/WindowsPartition\""
Replace WindowsPartition with the name of the partition that has Windows on it.
Hit the Compile button, and then File -> Save As... -> Save as application.Save the newly created application somewhere, like /Applications.
Then go to System Preferences -> Login items, and make the app a login item. Check the hide box and you won't see the icon in the dock.
When you first log in after a restart, the partition will be mounted, but will unmount after about 10 seconds or so. Hopefully that is secure enough for your needs.

You could visit the iFixit.com site and read through their guides
on how to replace the hard disk drive in your computer, & do it.
• PowerBook Repair - iFixit:
http://www.ifixit.com/Browse/PowerBook
Usually the PowerBook design is less difficult than the iBook
when it comes to replacement of an internal hard disk drive.
And I'm wondering, if you can use the X or other key on startup
to find another boot volume on an external hard disk drive to
run the computer from, to choose an alternative without having
the internal failed hard drive clicking away all that time. Yet, to
have the working external FW drive seen immediately by the
PowerBook, seems well within reasonable reach.
I've ran many computers from a clone or second system outside
of the computer's case, using the System's startup disk panel to
choose it. So, if the external is available to the computer, and it
is seen correctly, the internal drive should not chatter or try to run.
Replacement of the internal hard disk drive, of course, remains
to be the ideal answer; as you undoubtedly realize. Perhaps
the pressing nature of this will force you into taking the plunge.
Good luck & happy computing!

Hard Disk Recovery from a Dead Mac Book Pro 13inch

What is the best way to recover information on your hard disk from a mac book pro that will not start from water damage?

When my daughter's MBP died due to drop-related damage, I removed the hard drive and placed it in this enclosurehttp://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ES2.5BPU2S/ and she now connects it to her new MBP by the USB port when she wants material from the old drive.
For less than $20 it is pretty hard to go wrong.

Boot device not found, hard disk not exist.... does that mean my computer is dead?

Suspecting that Im in a world of hurt here. I tried turning on my computer and it says "boot device not found" - run in test failed... when I hit F4 and run a hard disk test it says "hard disk not exist". The memory test passes, but under the boot device not found it says in blue "please install an operating system on your hard disk"... and to make matters worse it's making some funny noises when it tries to boot.
Is there any hope at all that this computer will work again? Is there any chance that any of the things I had on my hard disk can be recovered?
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You're very welcome, Jonathan.
dv5 still isn't enough info for me to provide the service manual (in case there are differerent ones for the different dv5 models).
However here is the link to the service manual I randomly pulled.
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01550108/c01550108.pdf
Assume it is safe to say all dv5 models come with SATA notebook drives.
So, if you want to spring for $15, you can get this enclosure which apparently has very good reviews.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182138
From what you are describing (noise and stuff), I would say you don't have much of a chance to recover data but that is up to you if you want to try the enclosure or not.
Here is what I recommend:
Yank the hard drive, and power on the notebook.
If the odd noise you heard is gone, then you can pretty much safely assume the drive was the cause, and that replacing the drive, and reinstalling the operating system will solve the issue.
If the noise is still there, then there could be another issue, and it might be risky throwing good money after bad.
Paul

Can I swap my hard disk to another n200?

Hi, I have an issue with my 3000 n200.
I´ll try and make the story as short as possible;
My first problem seemed to be that the power adaptor was dead (the battery was not charging and nor was the battery indicator light lighting up) So I bought another adaptor, to my distress this didn´t work.
So I decided to take a look at the connection for the power jack. Again I could see no issue really with this. My fear is that if I replace the power jack and so I will move onto the next component in the chain.
However I do have a slightly tangential solution. On Ebay I have located th same model without hard disc (got one) or power supply (Got 2!) and missing a few minor cosmetic parts (easy stuff) and a good price too.
So, my question is...can I simply move accross my hard drive to the new (ebay) laptop?
I´m very aware that I will probably need to install windows again, that´s no biggie, i´ve been a good boy and backed up. Obviously I would prefer to just switch on and everything to be back as normal but I´m a realist.
My big concern is regarding the restore and recovery file on the hard disk. Will I be able to reinstall windows from this or do I need to purchase a new copy of XP (Is this even possible now?) Id much prefer to continue using the same laptop due to some music software I run and the Expresscard slot which I use constantly. I need continuity at least for a while to organise my projects.
Thanks in advance and sorry for being so longwinded.
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its supposed to have same specifications as the original one. so, you should be able to use it as your original computer but make sure that you have disabled bios password if you have any on your old computer.

Just bought a Lenovo 3000 N200 without a hard disk drive, need software

I just bought a Lenovo 3000 N200 Type 0769-BLG assembly date 07/09 from e-bay, it looks brand new but it had a fault, it was dead, perhaps a faulty motherboard and the hard disk drive had been removed. Assuming I can get the fault fixed, where can I get the Lenovo software that came with the original hard disk drive, I would prefer a free source, if that is possible, perhaps some kind person has put all of the CD's on to a DVD that I can borrow or buy a copy of. I was an IBM employee for 30 years before retiring 15 years ago. Dan McLean in Scotland, UK.

Call customer service directly to get a quick solution for this.
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Error message: iTunes can't save to hard disk because disk not attached. (but it is) Does this indicate a real problem?

iTunes regularly post an error message saying it can't save to the internal hard disk because the disk is not attached, even though the disk seems to be functioning normally. Do these error messages indicate that there is a real problem with either iTunes or the disk?
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1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can read it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
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5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
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Cost of replacing iMac 27 hard disk

Anybody know the likely cost of replacing a dead hard disk, 1 TB, in a 2010 27inch iMac?

Or possibly even more, get on the telephone and begin calling AASP's in your area for information.

Hard disk not detected by bios

Hi, I have a CQ50-107NR and when press the power button the hard drive light indicator is flashing, but the bios or windows does not detect the hard disk, I have tried several hard disk that work in my other computers, I have been reparing pcs for more than 15 years and am very stumped by this problem. In my experience if the hard drive indicator is blinking that indicates that the laptop has detected it. But for this one not to detect it is confussing. I am repaing the laptop for someone, had to fix a problem with it over heating. If anyone has any ideas on this or had a similar problem please let me know.

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