Can i repair my hard drive

[princeth]

its a 500gb seagate hdd 7200 rpm

I got it about 2 years ago, when i put it in my computer, it boots but then it restarts before it goes to the actual os

http://screamable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Windows-XP-boot.jpg

so i would get that, and then it would automatically restart..


I'm wondering whether i can repair this, and how would i go on about doing it?

Thanks!

 

[jsmakkar]

Check http://www.hddguru.com/
You'd find some HDD diagnostic and repair tools.
Hope your problem gets resolved - Good luck!!!

 

[princeth]

I don't get it.. which tool do i use? and how would i use it, when the hdd is unusable.

shouldn't i just take it to a repair guy incase its something physical.. ?

 

[DelroyMonjo]

Check your BIOS and make sure it has Boot disk priority set for that HDD.

 

[unksol]

have you tried to get into safe mode? press F8 while booting. you can also use your XP CD to run dskchk or do a repair install

 

[fzabkar]

It could be that your HDD is stumbling on some bad sectors.

MHDD is one tool that can perform a surface scan from a bootable USB drive or bootable CD.