Where can I get parts for Dell Dimension 2350?
the plastic piece that that surrounds the heatsink is broken could this be causeing my PC to spontaneously shutdown? and how or where can I get another plastic bracket?
View Articlecannot burn CDs anymore
I have a dell inspiron desktop bought a little over a year ago. It is running VISTA. I cannot burn CDs anymore. Used to be working fine before. Following message appears: "error code 0x80070571",...
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Error Code: 2000-0142 , Hard Drive 0- Self Test Un Succesful Status 79.
Hello Guysi ran a Diagnostic Test on My New N5010 Laptop, it failed the Hard Drive Test and Gave this message "Error Code: 2000-0142 , Hard Drive 0- Self Test UnSuccesful Status 79." Can any one help...
View ArticleStudio XPS 435T - Can't use 4TB drives
I bought a 4TB WD Caviar Black 4TB drive for data storage only, no OS. I am running Windows 7 Pro and initialized the drive as a GPT drive. Disk Manager only sees the drive as 2TB in size. My Studio...
View ArticleIntel Rapid Start Technology not enabled - XPS 14(421x)
This past week has been frustrating for me. I had installed the newest BIOS for my XPS 14, A14, and some new drivers when suddenly it stopped reading the boot drive. After fiddling with some BIOS...
View ArticleEasy way to confirm my drive is SATA?
My hard drive in my 9150 has failed and I want to confirm it's a SATA before I buy a replacement. When I check the components on the Dell web site it says my hard drive is6X215...
View ArticleSSD recommendations for XPS 8500
Currently, I'm running 2 Samsung 480GB (can't remember the model name) drives. They seem to work just fine, plenty of capacity and speed, but I'm not a true believer in Samsung. In the past year, I've...
View ArticleHDD password reset
Hi I purchased a Dell inspiron N5040 from a person on Craigslist ...I was told it ran fine just didn't have a charger. I got it home and found out the screen doesn't work either so I hooked it up to my...
View ArticleMy Hard disk drive (C) is full and can't save to my local disk drive...
I cannot save anything else to my computer and I feel as if I barely have anything saved on here to begin with. My (C) drive is almost full and my local disk drive (D) has so much space on it, but I do...
View ArticleClone a failing HDD
I have a colleague with an XP Pro Vostro 200 tower PC, that has an HDD that is starting to show SMART warnings on boot up.I'd very much like to avoid having to reinstall all her applications and data...
View ArticleI can't re-install Windows 8 back on my Dell Inspiron 14z (5423) with Intel...
I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 14z (5423) and the hard drive went bad a few weeks ago, I was sent a new one from Dell with a factory image already installed, but it was corrupted. I am now...
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DVD/CD Not Working
System: DEll Vostro 270 DesktopBIOS: A05Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHzMemory: 6144MB RAMAvailable OS Memory: 6016MB RAMOperating System: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit Disk...
View ArticleRaid 1 Setup on XPS 8100
I have an Studio XPS 8100 with a single 1 TB SATA drive. I have purchased a duplicate drive that I want to install into the chassis and then configure a RAID 1 array. So far, I have been unable to...
View ArticleMight just help some...
I recently bought an outlet XPS 18 AIO that arrived from Dell with a generic factory load of Windows 8. The 32gb SSD was also formatted as a regular NTFS drive and appeared in Explorer as just another...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleE U F I Boot Mess
Am trying to setup my 3137 laptop for backup/restore and OS changes, no success. Need help with configuration of Bios settings for legacy-AHCI-SATA as I have had no progress myself. Either the...
View ArticleCD/DVD Drives
HiMy cd burner has stopped working on my Dell Dimension E520. Windows Media player has the E. drive listed, but Roxio says no drive listed. I did the Mr. Fix it from Microsoft and it says i don't have...
View Article'windows could not complete the installation' - HELP i am stuck in a loop
My drive broke so I went and bought a hard drive from dell, i bought a WD blue hard drive, 1TB SATA / 64 mb WD 10EZEXI though this should be easy, just pop in the reboot windows 7 disc and away I go,...
View ArticleRe-use a poweredge 830 with Perc 4/SC
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I ask for some help through your accumulated wisdom?I have inherited a Poweredge 830 with Perc 4/SC and 2 X 146 GB Ultra320 disks (Fujitsu) configured as raid-1. Running Win...
View ArticleConnecting a second drive to an Inspiron 585S
the 580S shipped with a single 1TB drive. I'm told that there's a mount for a second drive in the chassis and I'd like to add a second drive. I gather from other comments here [asking about cables,...
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