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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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Default Help, very slow laptop
I have a hp compac nx9030

recently its been playing up in a big way... today I formatted the HD using the windos XP Pro recovery disc thingy and now when it starts up it takes forever to get running I have a blank screen for a while then have a load of little vertical lines at the bottom of the screen which gradually fill up with a counter bar thing....

whats wrong? I had suspected a faulty HD but surely it wouldnt have formatted and installed xp properly if this was the case?
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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try formating again?
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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Really?? Łcuk sake...
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Just ordered a new HD....
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M8,

Did the recovery disc use any info off the currently installed hard drive ? If so you may need my cd of goodness
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New HD seems to be working, just installing stuff now...
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