laptop HDD died

[hittoxlj]

hi all, i boot up my samsung laptop, power is on, fan is running, but screen appear nothing. HDD light not on. i believe the HDD is not working.

how do i replace the laptop with new HDD? if HDD is dead, how do i clone the os over?

thanks!

 

[jtjt00]

Even without HDD, your laptop should be able to POST and display message like no boot device. More likely is motherboard or graphics issue.

 

[cscs3]

hi all, i boot up my samsung laptop, power is on, fan is running, but screen appear nothing. HDD light not on. i believe the HDD is not working.

how do i replace the laptop with new HDD? if HDD is dead, how do i clone the os over?

thanks!

You did not create recovery cd or recovery USB when new?

 

[Intrinion]

- What operating system were you on?

 

[greatgreenman]

hi all, i boot up my samsung laptop, power is on, fan is running, but screen appear nothing. HDD light not on. i believe the HDD is not working.

how do i replace the laptop with new HDD? if HDD is dead, how do i clone the os over?

thanks!

Can you access the bios? Able to see your HDD listed there? If your screen doesn't even light up at all, try connecting it to an external display. If you connect it to an external display and your screen doesn't show anything at all, then it's almost definitely mobo problem.

 

[yamashita]

Likely graphics and/or motherboard issue, even if hard disk is gone, your laptop should prompt you at POST.

Try connecting to an external display and see whether your laptop is able to output to it.