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Question posted by dnice311 on February 20th, 2013

On Boot Up I Get A Black Screen Cd And Hdd Make Noise Only

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on March 6th, 2013 2:01 AM

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A noise in the hard disk drive of your Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8007 laptop signifies that there is hardware failure which requires replacement. In fact, this has happened to me recently and it is really a hard disk failure. You can purchase a new laptop hard disk drive for this device here:

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