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occasionaly during startup my computer freezes right before i think its the bios screen?
it stays black with a cursor in the upper left
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Can you boot into safemode?
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no, i think the problem was my hard drive, as a day later the bios couldnt read the hard drive.

ive heard it could cost $600 to get data back, is that true?
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no, i think the problem was my hard drive, as a day later the bios couldnt read the hard drive.

ive heard it could cost $600 to get data back, is that true?

Try booting with a livecd before you jump to expensive conclusions.
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i went into a computer store and they told me that was my only choice

but yesterday i turned it on and it was recognized, so i moved all my data off it and i can send it in now.

thanks though
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i went into a computer store and they told me that was my only choice

but yesterday i turned it on and it was recognized, so i moved all my data off it and i can send it in now.

thanks though

You might wanna backup that data before it crashes again, silly bear.
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