purpose of hidden partitions?
Hello,I have a new Inspiron 15z running Win 8, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM. I have a questions about partitions on my disk. The Disk Manager indicates several hidden partitions I don't know the purpose of:500...
View ArticleHard drive fault, error code 2000-0151
Hi, i have a dell inspiron 14z and am having a trouble upon start up.When i switch on my laptop it freezes on the dell logo screen then says the following message.Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build...
View ArticleInstalling a hard drive on a xps 8700 win 8
Hi I tried to install a hard drive on my xps and windows stop booting. I unplugged it a and all went to normal. I think it is a bios conf problem. Thank you !Carl
View ArticleInstalling new HDD, get "NTLDR is Missing"
Finally found my Windows XP reinstall CD, and was trying to install onto a new hard drive so I wouldn't have to worry about losing data on the old that had its Windows install corrupted and could...
View ArticleDell Latitude D630 won't recognize seagate momentus 640gb 5400 hard drive
As before mentioned I am having trouble getting my computer to recognize the above hard drive. I have a working hard drive that I've been able to take in and out with no problems. When I boot up, it...
View ArticleDell Studio XPS 8100 Max Hard Drive Size
Hello, Looking to install a second hard drive in my Dell Studio XPS 8100. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit O/S.Does anyone know what's the maximum hard drive size I can install? I think it's 1.5 TB but it...
View ArticleHelp please!! Hard drive issues!!
so I was doing a system restore and once it was finished I press restart after that the computer would just keep restarting over and over again.. so I did a system test and it said it was the hard...
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Installing a new hard drive!
I cant seem to get this right. long story short my computer was acting slow so I did a system restore after it was finished It would keep on restarting I did a system test and it said the hard drive is...
View ArticleCanton Data-sticks (2nd request for help)
I don't know if Dell makes the above named product or not but when I searched Google for 'Canton data sticks' a link came up to Dell products. I hope this is a Dell product because I have no idea how...
View ArticleHelp!
Ive recently had to use the power button to manually shut off my Dell Inspiron Laptop due to it crashing a lot. Today I had to do this and when I try to start it back up, it pauses at the loading...
View ArticlePLDS DH-4B1S
Hi,I have a DH-4B1S in my dell desktop. I am having problems with 25 GB BD-Rs. They all show less than 25GB in any burning software. I am using the latest firmware from Dell website:7D16.I also have a...
View ArticleDell Studio XPS 9100 Intel I10CHR AHCI controller causes trouble with sleep...
I think that this is an interesting little issue that I am about to describe. Hopefully my experience can benefit others in the dell community and maybe others can offer other suggestions. I have a...
View ArticleUnable to install windows xp on my Dell Inspiron N5010 to Dual-Windows-Boot
Hey Guys, I've got a problem in my dell inspiron n5010 ,and it's that I cant install windows xp on it because some games are lagging on my windows 8 and I want to install windows xp and 8 at the same...
View ArticleDELL INPIRON - The meaning of the blinking power light (4 short times orange,...
My Dell Inspiron 1545 began to blink its power light in the following pattern:4 times orange (fast)1 time white (slow)I have installed "My Dell" software and made a checkup. Nothing wrong was...
View ArticleDell Resource CD for Dimension E521 Desktop?
A couple of weeks ago, I started receiving a pop-up error message advising that the Resource CD is needed but can't be found. I looked in Dell folders on C drive but the Resource CD folder is empty...
View ArticleDisc not always playing in DVD player
Sometimes the disc I put in my DVD-RW player play and sometimes they don't, this happens alot when I want to play back the photos I have burnt on a disc. What would cause this and how can it be fixed?...
View ArticleHow to change the Windows XP CD burner so that it stops closing a disc...
I had to reinstall Windows XP Home Edition OS on my Dell Dimension 4550 and now the CD burner automatically closes making it a single use session. I need to change the burner so that I may add data to...
View ArticleDVD Drive problem
My parents have a Inspiron 17R and just today noticed that their DVD Drive no longer works. It will show up on "My Computer" and tries to read the discs but will not load anything, I've ran PC...
View ArticleDisc not playing
Sorry I didn't meantion this is on my new Dell Inspiron 660s, I have burning my photos on both CD-R,and CD-RW disc.
View ArticleSAS and SATA in the same server. Which disk for what?
Hi!I've got a PowerEdge T420 which I use for running large simulations. These simulations do not require a lot of permanent storage, but RAM and CPU, so I don't really need the reliability that would...
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