DVD Drive stopped.
Inspiron 560 - The DVD optical drive has stopped working. Driver problem? How do I download a replacement driver? Any help appreciated.
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Please help,somebody please help me!I bought 10 motherboards off E-bay not knowing that I needed a video card to activate my monitors,so I bought 10 video cards off E-bay but no disk.I'm retired and...
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I have a Dell Inspirion 17. I was using it one night and out of nowhere it freezes. I ran the Dell diagnostics and it gave me the error code: 2000-0145Validation: 97633. I hope you can identify the...
View Articlean error with cd drive
hi,i am using dell n4110 my disc drive is not detecting please help me.when i went to disc management it is showing error that is Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration...
View ArticleReplacing Hard Drive message "Your hard drive size is not supported for this...
I have a XPS 9000 with a 1 TB Hard Drive & Win 7 64. I created my dell Recovery Disks when I first bought got my PC a year ago.Recently, I bought a 256 GB SSD. My plan was to remove the slow 1TB...
View ArticleE521 with advanced format drive ST500DM002 - do I need a separate SATA driver...
Hi,I have an E521 with 2GB of Ram and X2 processor. I want to install Windows 7 on a brand new ST500DM002 disk (= native 4K advanced format). Will this work hassle-free, or will I have to install a...
View ArticleSystem Recovery Options not compatible with this version of Windows.
On installing a new 500GB HDD to my N7010 I get the following message when trying to use my System Repair Disc to boot and then access my saved image:"This version of System Recovery Options is not...
View ArticleINSPIRON 1750 RECOVERY ISSUES...
hi; my laptop was full of virus and crashed, ive been trying to recover but the system wont allow it showing a black screen running data info over n over what should i do??????
View ArticleClearing Hard Drive but keeping Operating System
Computer Specs: Inspiron ONE2205 ; AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240e Processor ; 64 Bit (Does not have Operating System Disk on hand)So I want to completely clean my Hard Drive ,C:, but also keep the...
View ArticleImportant information on the TS-L632D CD/DVD/BD drive
I just purchased a TS-L632D CD/DVD/BD drive and, like others, can not use the drive to read blue-ray discs. I downloaded the driver from Dell and applied it - nothing. I found a post here about...
View ArticleDell 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...
View ArticleRecovery of OS to new hard drive from a second hard drive
I have an XPS17 that has 2 500GB hard drives. I backed up my primary to the secondary hard drive. The primary HD bit the dust and now I have a new hard drive, but I need to get my stuff as well as the...
View ArticleInstalled new Hard Drive - but having issues with Drivers Disk
I installed a new hard drive and put in the Operating System disk, then put in the Drivers and Utilities Disk, but it starts and then it stops and says:"No drives were found. Click Load Driver to...
View ArticleProblem regarding start up
So i have a dell xps 15 l502x 6 gb , the problem is, when ever i try switching my laptop on, it makes a strange sound ( like tak tak) and then the boot menu opens up, i try booting and says no file...
View ArticleNeed USB DVD ROM support at boot time.
Hi I have Dell Power Edge 2600 server with bios version A10.This server won’t detect “USB DVD ROM” at boot time. I want to install OS using external usb dvd rom. How I can do this? ThanksBhanu
View ArticleUSB not detected by "Dell Backup and Recovery" application.
Hi, I have Dell Inspiron 15R (5520), I need to create a factory backup using Dell Backup and Recovery application, but the USB( Transcend 16GB ) inserted is not detected by the...
View Article5 DIY DATA RECOVERY TIPS
This is the advice I usually give customers who enquire about data reovery DIY. There is never a good time for your hard drive to fail. It always happens when you have something urgent to work on....
View ArticleInstalled new hard drive, can not get the OS to install
I have a Dell Inspiron 1525. I upgraded the RAM to 4GB. I purchased a new 500 GB hard drive. I installed the Application disk, now I installed the Operating System disk and can not get anything to...
View ArticleCD will not eject from Dell studio 1555
The CD dsic will not eject from my Dell Studio 1555. This is a slot-load drive--there is no emergency pin hole for a paper clip, the "eject" command from the device manager menu will not work, nor does...
View ArticleBrownout. Dead Inspiron 620. HD now 39 MB. Help!
There was a power brownout the other day that killed my Inspiron 620 that isn't even two years old. It won't power up. So I removed the 1 TB hard drive to take it to work and transfer 600 gigs of data...
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