Some of the common symptoms related to hard disk drive failures are:
The front panel indicator lights are turned ON and the display is present on the monitor screen. However there is no disk drive action and no boot-up taking place.
The computer boots up to a system disk in the A drive, but not to the hard drive, which indicates that the system files on the hard disk drive (HDD) are either missing or have become corrupt.
The computer does not boot up when turned ON.
A 17xx error code is produced on the display.
No Hard Disk Motor sounds are produced by the HDD while the computer is running.
Note: In desktop units, the HDD should always run when power is supplied to the system. However, this does not necessarily apply to all desktops or portables when advanced power-saving features are used.
A HDD Controller Failure message appears which indicates failure to verify hard disk setup by system configuration file error. A:, C: or D: Fixed Disk Drive error message appears, indicating a hard disk CMOS setup failure.
