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greaterweb · Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 1

mvidata · Guest

Hi Greaterweb.

In most cases we have found that the biggest cause of this type of problem is heat. The hard drive platters swell as they become hot, which is normal. But extreme exposure to heat will cause them to swell to the point where they come in contact with the read/write heads. When this happens, the heads will start failing. A common symptom is that the laptop will start acting very slowly, hang or crash. When rebooting, you may see a blue screen or just the Windows logo hanging.