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MikeSty · 06-13-2007, 01:21 PM

A friend of mine gives me a call saying he dropped his laptop (Dell) about a foot and it turned off. When he turned it on he got something to the affect of "No bootable devices found" and after running the diagnostic test it said it failed the DST Short Status test.

Now, I could obviously tell that something has happened to the hard drive. To be sure, I looked up the DST status short test or whatever the hell it was called and all that did was confirm it. The thing I'm wondering is, will this just be a case of open the laptop and reseat the hard drive (it was disconnected) or is it more likely that the hard drive died and possibly suffered a catastrophic failure?

What do you guys think? It might be a day before I have a chance to look at it, so any input would help. Plus the whole warranty thing is a big deal.

06-13-2007, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Quick Hard Drive Diagnostic Question A friend of mine gives me a call saying he dropped his laptop (Dell) about a foot and it turned off. When he turned it on he got something to the affect of "No bootable devices found" and after running the diagnostic test it said it failed the DST Short Status test. Now, I could obviously tell that something has happened to the hard drive. To be sure, I looked up the DST status short test or whatever the hell it was called and all that did was confirm it. The thing I'm wondering is, will this just be a case of open the laptop and reseat the hard drive (it was disconnected) or is it more likely that the hard drive died and possibly suffered a catastrophic failure? What do you guys think? It might be a day before I have a chance to look at it, so any input would help. Plus the whole warranty thing is a big deal.