- May 20, 2002
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Dropped my laptop and it hit the ground pretty hard. Most of the other components seem to have survived ok other than some chassis damage, but the hard drive was definitely affected. Win XP boots up just fine but I noticed that about 15% of my data files are corrupted. For example, picture files will show only half the image or not open at all. The corrupted files cannot be copied and pasted either. Only deleted. Surprisingly, most of my applications seem to be running fine.
Now my question is this. Is this a case of a permanently damaged hard drive or is this a case of the impact of the fall temporarily damaging the hard drive and corrupting a few files? Or more succinctly, if I do a format and re-install of the OS, will I be good to go? What does this sound like to you guys?
Now my question is this. Is this a case of a permanently damaged hard drive or is this a case of the impact of the fall temporarily damaging the hard drive and corrupting a few files? Or more succinctly, if I do a format and re-install of the OS, will I be good to go? What does this sound like to you guys?