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D830 Max HDD size

Dell Latitude D30 Max HDD Size with Bios A17. thinking 250g 500g or 1 TB drive

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New hard drive help please!

I have a Dell Studio XPS 435MT the hard drive crashed I believe it had a WD with 1tb any ways I would like to know if I can put in a Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA...

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Dell Dimension 4600 hard drive/what to get

Hi,My old hard drive on my Dell Dimension 4600 (2004 512mb 400mhz Pentium 4 Processor 2.8GHz)  is about to die and I would like to replace it with a 250gb, the old one is a 80gb...I will be using a...

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Dell Branded Samsung 840pro SSD

Hi.I have Dell Branded (OEM)Samsung SM841 SSD.I am hoping that Dell would have updated Firmware available asdownload.Samsung has good firmware so after this later updates would probably be...

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Adding a second HD to my 8700

I am moving my second HD from my older PC to my new 8700.  It is a 1TB SATA hard drive.  I can see it in the BIOS, but Windows is not seeing it.  What am I doing wrong?

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Replacing HDD with new SSD on 15R SE (7520). What to do with installed mSATA?

I have a 15R SE (7520) with a HDD and 32GB mSATA already installed.  I'll be replacing the HDD with a new Samsung EVO SSD drive and wanted to know if should remove the mSATA, leave it there and keep...

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Use Dell NAUTILUS Firmware Update Utility for a Non-Dell Drive?

Hi,I would like to know if I can use Dell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility to flash the firmware of my SEAGATE (ST4000NM0023 Seagate Constellation ES.3 4To) non Dell drives?My MD3200 Doesn't recognize...

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How can I use SATA drive in XMS M170 that has an ATA boot drive?

I bought a solid state SATA drive from Dell customer care because my XMS M170 boot drive is starting to fail.  They told me it would work.  I now have the new SATA drive and pulled-out the old ATA...

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Three week old Dell Vostro freezes repeatedly

Hello,I recently bought a Dell Vostro 3550 and since the very beginning it started freezing and it even crashed once during the first week of use.As I do only use the usual Windows Office Software and...

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Précision t3500 running with os on ssd ahci and 2 hd raid1 all from ich10

I try to run windows 7 on a ssd with Ahci driver ans add 2hard Discs raid1 Windows reboots Is thïs possible?

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I need a master password or something .... for my mini laptop dell inspiron...

I recently died SSD from my laptop dell inspiron mini 910 ... I got the same one from a friend but it gives me error :hdd password error code [09368] system [Amin Note: Service Tag Edited per TOU...

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What is required to install a second SSD in the XPS 8700?

My XPS 8700 has a 32GB SSD set up to be used for cache to support the 2TB hard drive.  I believe the SSD is using the one mSATA slot on the system board.I'd like to install a second SSD where I would...

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Dell Backup and Recovery program

I have a new (less than one month old) Dell Inspiron 15 running Windows 8I wanted to create a recovery usb so I backed up the data on my 32GB SanDisk stick and proceeded to run the backup.The first...

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Windows sees 3 TB HDD as having only 746.52 GB capacity

Hello. I have an Alienware Aurora desktop computer running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I just installed a 3 TB HGST Deskstar 7K3000 SATA internal hard drive, which I want to use for data, not as a system...

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How to load O/S on new installed HDD'S in Inspiron 1721

HiHope someone can help...I've replaced the original HDDs with new HDDs.  On starting up the laptop, I've changed the boot up sequence to load from CD, but the message I get is "No boot sector on...

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1 TB HDD crashed in XPS 15 L502X

Here's relevant information:- Bought Dell XPS 15 L502x in March 2012- Out of the blue - did not boot. I'd hear 16 clicks(ostensibly the hard drive) - and it'd take interminably long to get to the boot...

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dvd/cd rom only reads cd's - dell hybrid

I won a Dell Hybrid a little over 4 yrs ago (through Dell). It came with Vista. A year later I put Win7 32 bit on it., Dell said they would not support it if I did that. It worked great and still does...

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How to re-install OS using OEM partition? please help

I want to re-install the windows 8 using the OEM partition, the laptop is dell inspiron 15R 5521. Please give the instructions.

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Enabling RAID in BIOS causing system blue screen – XPS 8700

I bought a brand new XPS 8700. It comes with one 1TB HDD. I bought an identical 1TB HDD and hoping to create RAID1 for data protection.The computer came with Windows 8. I rebuilt it with Windows 7...

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Unable to complete Acronis Clone and/or Backup Operation on Dell Dimension 4700

I have a Dell Dimension 4700 that I have added a second WD 160GB Hard Drive that Fails to Clone and/or Backup using Acronis True Image Home 2013 after about a few minutes into the Cloning process...

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