Odd Problem

Lugztaz

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So I have this computer and the mobo and PSU were shot. I replaced them both. Now i realized the HDD was dead so i got a new one of them to. So i get everything in and get it goin.

It takes a long time to post, but aventually gets there...after about 45 seconds. I get into Xp setup and i start to format and i got to like 88% and it just stops, not locked up but not going up. So i hit the keyboard and it goes up to 91% in like a minute. Stops again. I go to mow so 1 hour later, it's at 94%.

When i recieved the HDD in the mail from newegg i noticed that some plastic by the power connector was chipped off. Think the rest is damaged? What about the slow post? I tried removing the battery and all that jazz but im not sure what to do next. Any ideas?
 
If the power connector area is broken you could be losing power to the drive.

Set and listen for a while and see if you can hear the drive spinning up and down a lot.
 
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