I used you guys 2 years ago with a malware problem and you guys were fantastic.
Heres hoping you can help we with a new problem I have with my laptop.
This is my daughters laptop that I bought her of a friend last year and has worked great till all of a sudden it wont load up.
I have a feeling the Hardrive is broken however am no expert?
All that happens is I get the bios start screen showing the following message.
Message:
OEM BIOS Ver 1.08d AMIKBC Ver 1.10
Checking NVRAM 248mb OK
Auto detecting pri master..IDE Hard Disk
Auto detecting sec master.. ATAPI CDROM
Pri Master: TOSHIBA MK4025GAS KA100A
Ultra DMA-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable And Status BAD
Sec Master: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SN324F U200
ULTRA DMA mode-2
Pri Master Hard Disk:S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD Back up and Replace
Press f1 to resume.
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Is it bad news?
I can enter bios settings however, it wont allow me to run any recovery from XP disc.
She has some files on the laptop she needs for her school coursework, can these be recovered?
All help will be greatly appreciated, If I can fix it with the small budget I have I will make a donation with the rest like last time.
Thanks
Martin.