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Cannot see my 4 TB Seagate HDD in Windows Explore

Hello,I have a new Dell 8700 and I installed a Seagate SATA 4 TB HD myself.My pc did not automatically detect this drive and I cannot see it in Windows Explorer.  After running several diagnoses and...

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XPS 8700 2 HDD 1 SSD ?

I wanted to use two SSD and ond HDD according to the SPEC. Manual I can only have 1 SSDand 2 HDD and 1 eSATA.  I want to put in two SATA and one HDD, can this be done? and I have no idea what an eSATA...

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SD Card Slot does not work after recent windows 8.1 update

On 3/15/15 when windows update was updating when power went out. No the SD card slot does not work. I checked in device manager and thedrivers are there but my Dell 8700 will nor trad my SdCard.

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Corrected SD Card Slot does not work after recent windows 8.1 update

On 3/15/15 when windows update was updating when power went out. Now the SD card slot does not work. I checked in device manager and thedrivers are there but my Dell 8700 will not read my SdCard.

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Can't see added internal or external drives?

I have an XPS-8500, Windows 7 / 64bit with a 2TB internal plus 30GB SSD.  I have had some signs of the internal hard drive having problems.  I have tried to add additional drives, ( internal Seagate...

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Need original firmware (0002DEM1) for Seagate Momentum ST9750420AS

I recently updated the firmware of a Seagate Momentum ST9750420AS on a Dell laptop and the BIOS no longer recognizes it.  I'd like to take it to a local disk repair shop to restore the original...

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Dell Backup and Recovery issue with SSD

Hi,I just bought an internal SSD in order to replace my HDD of my laptop Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520.The cloning process lasted about 3 hours (for 100 GB...a lot I guess!) and when I managed to mount my...

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Error code 0142 hard drove failure

My  Inspiron15 3000 was restarted and would not boot past dell logo screen (working fine but a bit slow before restart), ran the pre-boot assessment and its showing me error 0142, hard drive failure. I...

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Solved ! XPS 13 9333 (Haswell) SSD 256GB to 1TB upgrade

I just completed an SSD upgrade (SSD to SSD) on my XPS 13 (Haswell)My systemXPS 13 9333, i7, 8 GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, Windows 8.1 (upgraded to Pro), purchased 1 year ago HW I purchased for the upgrade-...

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Dell Inspiron N5510 Laptop and Toshiba MQ01ABD100H 1T/ 8G Hybrid Hard drive...

Dear all techies,I have had a Toshiba 1T/8GB Hybrid drive fitted to my Inspiron N5510 Laptop and I find that Dell Utility PC-Doctor does not seem to like it. It does not complete a system scan but...

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Inspiron 3542 - SSD upgrade issues

After cloning the existing HDD to a newly bought Kingston HyperX Fury SSD, i proceed with replacing the HDD with the SSD. Unfortunately, the screen shows"Internal hard disk drive not found.To resolve...

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Add a floppy to Inspiration 620

Does anyone know what floppy to get, Dell or otherwise, to install on a Inspiration 620?

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Hard Drive Faulty After 1 month

Hi1st time post so sorry if this is not in the correct section. I purchased 2 hard drives from Amazon just over 1 month ago for my NAS box and 1 drive is now dead and the other is showing errors, when...

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How to unlock password protected HDD

I have a laptop Dell inspiron N5010 with password protected hard disk. The laptop is dead now (motherboard problem). I dont want to fix it because it is too old. I took the HDD and installed it as...

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Optical Drive for XPS 8700 won't burn

Optical Drive for XPS 8700 is not letting me burn anything to dvd.  it will play a movie, but I can't get anything to burn.  I can move a file to the drive and that is where it ends.  I don't have...

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CD/DVD Drive

Hello, I recently purchased a new Dell 1/15/15, but the CD/DVD drive does not work. I have sent an email to Dell about this problem.This is my second Dell CPU. I loved the first one, but his one seems...

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Hard drive swap from unusable Inspiron 2305 to another Dell with same...

Here is the situation. I have an Inspiron 2305 that came with Windows 7 pre installed from Dell on it. I have an opportunity to pick up a Dell desktop that also came with  Windows 7 preinstalled on it...

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Can I get reinstall disc from dell due to hard drive failure.

I have had a hard drive failure and no back up discs. I need to add a new hard drive. Is there a way for dell to send me install discs for operating system based on my service tag so I can install it...

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Insiron all in one 2320

anyone know if i can upgrade the internal dvd drive to a blur ray internal drive ?........thanx

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Dell Inspiron 530 adding third HDD

I have a 2008 Inspiron 530 running Win XP Pro and I wish to upgrade to Win 7 - To do this I have been advised to add a new HDD to install to.I already have two DVD drives and 2 HDD drives so I am...

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