WorkCentre 7845 stuck in reboot loop

[smokinyoda]

Our WC 7845 is stuck in a constant reboot loop. When you turn on green screen comes up, several seconds later it reboots and starts over again. Never completely boots up. From what I have read online this appears to be hard drive failure.
My question is will any SATA 2.5" (or 3.5") hard drive work? Or does it have to be an exact replacement?


Thanks in advance for everyone's help. With whats going on right now, and the downturn in business its causing, we are forced to pinch pennies and try and fix this issue in house.

[Detonation]

Most SATA drives will work, from my experience. Stick to 160 - 320 GB 2,5" drives, not SSD. You will also have to perform a so called AltBoot.

[smokinyoda]

Most SATA drives will work, from my experience. Stick to 160 - 320 GB 2,5" drives, not SSD. You will also have to perform a so called AltBoot.

Thanks! Got it going again.