Replacing Hard Drive

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I dropeed my laptop down a flight of stairs about three or so weeks ag, and it has not started since. I am thinking this may be a problem with the hard drive? I am just wondering how one would go about getting the hard drive fixed and recovering the information. Also, how much does this usually cost?

[SEMTEX]

I'd hazard a guess that you're more likely to have dislodged something from the motherboard or something. Hard drives are sturdy bastards and modern drives tend to have defence mechanisms when dropped.

[Nobody]

Like mr pinrubber says, I highly doubt it's the hard drive. Of all the components in a computer, the hard drive is probably the sturdiest.

What happens when you try and turn the computer on?

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Thank you for the assistance. When I try to turn it on the computer turns on, but then it says that Windows failed to start. I am given three or so options, and regardless of which one I select the computer gets stuck and eventually goes to Blue Screen of Destruction.

 

I was thinking that maybe it was hard drive because beofore the incident, the laptop would occasionally restart/freeze for no reason and make loud grinding noises. I thought the fall was the final straw, though I suppose it also could have caused new issues.

[khay]

loud grinding noises might very well suggest the HDD.