Re: About to format the whole laptop, need some partitioning advice.

["Schlacta, Christ" <aarcane@aarcane.org>]

On Feb 8, 2014 12:26 PM, "Anubhav Yadav" <anubhav1691@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9 Feb 2014 01:41, "Schlacta, Christ" <aarcane@aarcane.org> wrote:
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> > If it was a Windows system they connected your drive to, they probably didn't actually give it a good checking . A new hard drive can be had for between $50 and $150 depending on your needs. Also, try booting the system from live usb and see what it says about the hard drive. Check dmesg, and look for /dev/sda and /dev/sdb . If you find either of those nodes, run smart tests on them. The partition table on your drive is probably just messed up, and that's a much easier fix than a new hard drive.
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> The only problem is when I boot my laptop with hardisk in it, it stucks on the splash screen and I cannot boot into any live Linux distro.  Cannot even enter BIOS

What happens if you post the laptop, then engage the hard drive after you boot into a Linux live usb?