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My laptop suddenly shut down . It is turn black and it is said "Disk Error . Press any key to restart " when I press any key it is still the same . It is still out "Disk Error. Press any key to restart"
What to do ?
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this sounds like a classic hard drive failure. Unfortunately this likely means that the drive is damaged and data loss is almost a guarantee. There are some recovery companies that can assist however they are very pricy usually being in the range of $1500

If you have a backup or don't care about the information you had on the computer you're in luck! all you need is a new hard drive, a screwdriver, and some kind of install media
you can create one if you don't have one
https://bytes.com/topic/desktop-soft...es#post3820559
essentially, all you have to do is install the new drive start off of the new media and follow the instruction, and you'll be up and running in a few hours.
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