Hey all,
So my laptop got dropped yesterday while powered on. It had no adverse effects straightaway, but a couple hours later, turning it back on - it wouldn't start. It would come to the Windows logo OS loading splash screen, then freeze up.
Now it comes up with "Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer . . . I have no removable storage attached (ie SDHC card, flash drive, etc.) to it, so I'm concluding that the internal HD is messed up.
The I/O error code is: 0xc00000e9
Thoughts on this? My idea is to remove the HD and use an HD enclosure to mount it to my PC and test it out - I had just reloaded it due to a wi-fi connectivity problem, so I have no important data to save.
So my laptop got dropped yesterday while powered on. It had no adverse effects straightaway, but a couple hours later, turning it back on - it wouldn't start. It would come to the Windows logo OS loading splash screen, then freeze up.
Now it comes up with "Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer . . . I have no removable storage attached (ie SDHC card, flash drive, etc.) to it, so I'm concluding that the internal HD is messed up.
The I/O error code is: 0xc00000e9
Thoughts on this? My idea is to remove the HD and use an HD enclosure to mount it to my PC and test it out - I had just reloaded it due to a wi-fi connectivity problem, so I have no important data to save.