Hard Disk Searchable in BIOS but not in DELL PSA
Please help. I have just run a diagnostic have the following error message:Error Code 2000-0142Validation 27607Msg: Hard Drive 0 ,self test unsuccessful. Status = 7I ran Parted Magic(Linux OS) in which...
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i am having dell studio 1435 3 years old when i start it it test itself and says dst shot test failure and passes in all other tests and even in chkdsk and diagonises also after i restarts it work...
View ArticleUSB 3.0 Driver problem
Plz Help. I have a Segate Backup plus with usb 3.0 cable. But whenever I connect it to my usb 3.o port it displays a message, "this drive can perform best if connected to usb 3 port".I checked the...
View Articlenew HDD Seagate Barracuda not recognised in BIOS
Hi,The BIOS from Inspiron 530 desktop don't recognise my new HDD. it is a Seagate Barracuda 500GB (ST3500413AS). I try to reinstall Vista, but the installation only finds a disk with 3.9 GB. Wrong type...
View ArticleProcess for new hard drive
I purchased a new hard drive for my XPS M1530 and am trying to load the original system (Vista) on it (after doing that I want to upgrade to Windows 7, I have the disk). The first problem I encounter...
View ArticleWanting to Migrate to a RAID 1 Volume on Inspiron 530 vista 64bit
Any chance You Pros can help me on my 530...vista 64bitI have downloaded all the drivers possible from both intel and dell, and when i try to run the Matrix Manager, (not currently installed),it says...
View ArticleThe Age Old Partition Question...
I have had my Dell XPS 8700 for about two weeks, just long enough to get myself into a little trouble.It came with a 2TB hard drive, and of course the space was almost all in a huge partition where...
View ArticleTargeted Read Error: WHD20-D10
Got this error code while running Dell diagnostics for Hard Drive. One sector error on 622608610. Inspiron 660S. Western Digital Model WDC WD5000AAKX-75U6A Ran extensive hard drive diagnostic using...
View ArticleHow to recover W7 OS on new HDD from USB flash disk?
I have my friends laptop Dell Inspirion 1545. The HDD have many bad sectors but I had time to do:a copy of dell recovery image to usb flash drive via Dell Backup and Recovery Applicationa copy of very...
View ArticleXPS 8500 - IRST - IAStorUI has stopped working
I just purchased a refurbished DELL XPS 8500 desktop with a 2TB hard drive and a 32GB MSATA SSD, but I'm not certain the hard drives were configured properly from the factory. In the BIOS, the machine...
View ArticleCan I use Firmware of Philips DROM6316 HH in DROM6316/97
I have a Dell Dimension C521 witha DVD-ROM "DROM6316/97".For a mistake I update my drive with a firmware for "DROM6316 HH"Now the drive doesn´t work.The drive is identified in BIOS and Windows XP, but...
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hi, could it be possible please to have a dvd burner to burn movies from pc to dvd-r? normally i used to burn from roxio creator but i can't watch on dvd player (it always say file format unsupported)....
View ArticleHDD - SSD Setup - No Acccelerate Tab
Dell XPS 14 L421xAll drivers up to dateWin 7 Home 64x - Fully up to dateOS is on the HDDWant to set up caching on SSD, but there is no accelerate tabThe SSD is unallocated.System is set to RAIDThe SSD...
View ArticleWD1001FALS hard drive does not boot up in my dell dimension e520
i bought a WD1001FALS Western digital 1tb hard drive, only to find out it was a mac hard drive. I researched and formatted the system to NTFS with my old hard drive, but when i try to boot without the...
View ArticleDell replacement drive question
Dell sent out a replacement drive with my factory image a couple weeks for my 8500 with Windows 8 on it . I noticed on this drive it has a partition for the system EFI , another 40 MB OEM parition and...
View ArticleDell N5050 format new hard drive
I have a Dell N5050. My hard drive recently failed (error code 2000-0142) so I have sent the old HDD to a Dell recommended company to recover data. I have purchased and installed the new HDD, but am...
View ArticleIs my computer capable of supporting a Blu Ray rewriter?
I have a Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop.It has a Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM and 500GB hard disk. It only has an internal DVD rewriter fitted however.I would like to add an external/portable Blu Ray...
View ArticleDell Recovery Partition
I was wondering if anyone could tell me which one of these partitions on my windows 8 Dell 8500 has the factory image on it thanks500MB EFI System Partition40MB OEM Partition500MB Recovery...
View ArticleCan I install msata SSD into the my Ispiron 7520?
Hello.Can I install msata SSD into the my Ispiron 7520? Service tag [Admin note: Service tag removed per TOU]If not please advise how can I to buy new doughter board with msata and it's name for my...
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