Recent content by punk30

I can't get it to go past the black screen or even get to where the login is, so I can't do that. It seems that what happened was my hard drive died. It either seized up, had a head crash, or something mechanical happened.

I think the hard drive is running. I remember when I accessed the Bios that I could feel something under the computer casing that seemed to be moving (and, in that exact area, was where the sound was coming from).

I'll be honest in saying that, while I want to know what happened to my computer for it to be acting like this, my main issue is whether the files on the hard drive can be retrieved. I plan to make a video later on tonight of how the Compaq runs, and the sound that it produces when turned on...

I can't do option 1. My computer doesn't go past the black screen with the blinking white underscore, so I can't do option 2 either. I did do the control+alt+delete option and got the BIOS screen. When I checked to see if there was a hard drive option in it, there was none. There was one for an...

Hi all! I need some help with my computer, which is a Compaq Presario CQ60 (purchased in 2009, but I believe it was made in 2008 as, in 2015, I noticed one of its installed softwares had the year 2008 on it). On October 24, the computer was running fine. I was able to get online, check my...