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Emachines netbook m350

Half the screens gone black :mad: ( but can see very dim). and runs very slow, says there something wrong with the hard drive on the taskbar. ran fine but now the hard drive failing, meaning it takes ages to load things up. just wondering wheres the cheapest i could. :mad:

a. get a charger
b. fix the screen
c. buy a new hardrive.

or is it worth the money for a £200 notebook?

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  • santer_2
    santer_2 Posts: 4,406 Forumite
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    Click start then run, type chkdsk /f /r (with the spaces), click OK. Wait till a box shows, type Y to run it at next boot, press enter. Restart the machine. The check will take a while so only run it when you do not need the machine.

    See how it is when it gets to the desktop
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    what says something is wrong with the hd?
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
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