no, that's a dead or dying drive. you can replace just the drive, but i doubt you can get a clean read off of the drive to clone it and save you the hassle of reinstalling everything.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: OT: Notebook Problems :(! Operating System Not Found > Completely off-topic but I was wondering if anyone's had this problem before > on a laptop. Mine's being difficult lately and since yesterday I've turned > it on several times only to have a black screen with the words 'Operating > System Not Found' after the Compaq boot screen. This symptom's accompanied > by a clicking noise from the harddrive.

