Dropped my laptop. Won't boot. I get a "memory write/rewrite failure"

[henslee]

message. Is my hard drive data unretrievable? (gulp)

[Fiona]

1. no way to tell yet

but you might have unseated some memory.

If you can, open it up and make sure all the little memory cards are properly seated.

[henslee]

5. Good idea. I just scroogled my error message, they suggest same thing.

[sandnsea]

2. Got anything in your CD or floppy drive?

hope hope hope

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. No. Just take it to a shop and have them see if everything

is connected. Or better yet, do you have a bootdisk?

[henslee]

4. Think so. Gotta dig it up. Bought this thing used. Not sure what

I got. Am such an idiot. Backed up plenty but not lately. Grrr.

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. Definitely sounds like the memory.

Should snap back into place easy enough. And while you have the case open, might as well check all the other connections inside while you are at it, just in case any cables, jumpers, etc. might have been knocked loose in the fall.

[henslee]

7. Whew, i feel better. will take it in. Thanks buddies.