Recent content by ukyouhan

I got my new harddrive today, plugged it in and it works perfectly now! Top class from PCSpecialist for getting the harddrive out to me, and mainly for having it in their clause that you can open up a PC without voiding your warranty! Fantastic service, I'd recommend PCS to anyone buying a new...

Yeah you're right, diskpart clean returned an error so it's definitely the SSD. Didn't know about the days being far gone for SSD not having a similar life as HDD! Even then it should be circa 5 years, not 5 hours 😆 Anyway, PCSpecialist have been fantastic as always, they've offered to send a...

Yes I did open up the case and tried removing and replacing it as one step of the diagnostics. I should have mentioned that, sorry. This didn't resolve the issue. I do think it's a boot sector that's gotten corrupted, but it's a physical issue rather than software from appearances. SSDs do have...

Hiya, I've done all of the checks, and still Windows 10 wouldn't install. I tried downloading the Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers and installing them one at a time, and still no joy. I tried installing Linux Mint also, which returned an I/O error. So I reckon the SSD itself has gone bust...

Hi all, This will be a bit long but please bear with me - I needed to give full details of the issue and what I've tried! I bought a Cosmos VIII 17.3" with SSD 256Gb and i7 9750h, with Win 10 Pro x64. I've barely used the laptop, though it booted up fine the first four or five times I had...