Laptop Help?

[Speed]

Seeking PC guru, to answer question. Preferably about Latitude 600s.

[Guild]

I'm no guru but what is the question?

[mmmbeans]

I'm no guru but what is the question?

I can't wait to find out. The answer is apparently preferably about latitude 600s.

[cookinwithgas]

He needs some changes in Latitude.

[Speed]

My D600 hit the floor and died slowly there after. I have a D610 on the way. Would it be advisable to swap out the hard drives in order to narrow the problem to hard drive or something else?

[Speed]

He needs some changes in Latitude.

I've seen more than I can recall, withgas.

[mmmbeans]

My D600 hit the floor and died slowly there after. I have a D610 on the way. Would it be advisable to swap out the hard drives in order to narrow the problem to hard drive or something else?

if you dropped it and it didn't die immediately, odds are it was your hard drive. Are you trying to repair the 600?

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Even if you switch the HD it won't boot up on the new laptop without a fresh install of the OS.

[Guild]

Does the PC turn on? Does the BIOS get to the point where it is supposed to load the OS?

If so:

Will it load your OS off of an USB HDD? Find this in your CMOS Setup.

If so try it with that.

Overall we need more information about exactly what your computer is doing or not doing.

[Speed]

The new system has an OS installed. The broken machine will boot from a CD. With out the cd I get the message "If this is the first time you have seen this try rebooting.

I am wondering if I put the HD from the new machine into the broken system can the broken system hurt the new HD. Also if I put the HD from the broken machine , can it hurt the new machine?

If the old HD boots in the new machine I will be certain the problem is with the PC. Or if the HD from the new system boots in the old PC, I will be certain it is the HD.

[Guild]

I'm going to guess that you damaged your HDD since you can boot from the CD. Try replacing it.

[mmmbeans]

i'd get another hard drive, don't take the one out of your laptop that works.

[Speed]

The HD is easy change. One screw and it slides right out. Slide right in and put the one screw back. I just would like to know that is the problem. I am guessing i is too. I can just order another HD a OS and back to business. I prefer not to order another HD if that is not the problem. That is why the original question.

[Guild]

i'd get another hard drive, don't take the one out of your laptop that works.

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The problem with changing the HDDs from one to the other is that you may need to reinstall the OS.

Luckily HDDs are pretty cheap. If you have to then swap 'em and see what happens but I'd recommend getting a new one if you can afford it.