T5500 replace HD with SSD
In my T5500 I need to replace my two disks Seagate 7200 250Gb (RAID1) with 2 SSD drives...Have you some advice?? do you think it's possible without troubles??What brand or size would you...
View ArticleDell 15r inspire on 5537 hard drive interface serial ATA I,II, or III?
Is the Dell 15r inspire on 5537 hard drive interface serial ATA I,II, or III?Thanks James
View ArticleDVD-RW not working
System: Inspiron 660 DesktopOS: Windows 7 Home PremiumDisk Drive: TSST corp DVD+-RW SH-216BB (Samsung)Warranty Ends: 13/09/2013The DVD-RW will not recognize any type of disc inserted.I have uninstalled...
View ArticleDell Zino 410 HD Hard Disk Upgrade
Hi, I am looking to upgrade my Zino from its current HD to a 2TB HD and was wondering if anyone has successfully done this, and if so what HD type would I need.I would like to put SATA 2 7200rpm 2TB...
View ArticleDell Zino hard drive upgrade -4Tb?
An earlier post says the Zino could contain a 3Tb hard drive, with some stipulations.Okay,let's up the ante: How about a 4Tb Western Digital red drive?This:...
View Articleoptical dirve eject button
Optical drive XPS14Z does not ejectThe optical drive eject button does not work with win7 32bit. I tried to download some applications but all I tried to install I got a warning that it's an older...
View ArticleHow to recover data without initializing???
My laptop died, so I pulled the hard drive and connected it to my Desktop computer via SATA/USB cable.Disk Manager sees the external drive, but says it must be initialized ... which would erase the...
View Article(redirected) Defective External DVD Drive
I purchased a new Dell 7000 laptop in November (Win8, upgraded to 8.1). Because I wasn't paying attention, I didn't realize that it did NOT come with a DVD drive. OK, so I bought a Dell External Slot...
View Articlessd in xps 8700
hi i have xps 8700 and im lookin to swap the 32gb msata ssd to a bigger 1 eg 128gb. can i just remove screws and unplug and buy a non dell make eg crucial and it will fit bk in?i know i would have to...
View Articlemissing wireless drivers
it would seem that my drivers for wireless internet are missing. i have the disk but they dont fix the problem. help??
View Articleerror code 2000-146
I have seen all these discussions over and over. There must be 100 forum comments that error 146 is a Hard Drive explosion. Maybe it is. However, after my first "crash", I researched the forums and yes...
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Internal hard disk drive not found.To resolve this issue, try to reseat the...
On a less than 3 month old laptop???HELP!!! I don't even know what that means.I shouldn't have to pay to fix this, I think with the money I spent on this laptop it should last more than 3 months.
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RAID 0 to Single HDD, Installing SSD and Windows 7 64bit - Dell Studio XPS 435MT
Hi all,Apologies I have posted this elsewhere on the forums but it may have been the wrong section, plus there has been updates to my progress.If you have any advice on the below it would be much...
View ArticleHelp Needed
If I go to add and remove page and remove each program, will I be able to restore my computer with my DRIVERS AND UTILITIES (Dell Photo All-in-One Printer 964 disk) to where my computer is back to all...
View ArticleCD/DVD Drive won't read or eject disk
I have a Dell Studio 1747 with a CD/DVD Drive which doesn't read or eject disks, doesn't show in windows explorer on the left sidebar under Computer it shows in Device Manager under DVD/CD-ROM drives...
View ArticlePHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 is missing/disabled/not recognized
I recently reinstalled my operating system. I've filled in all the yellow question marks and did it in the appropriate order. The only issue I have is:* within Device Manager > under DVD/CD-ROM...
View ArticleNo Hardrive
Whilst editing photos my laptop froze and tried to reboot. I got to try and log in to my account and it said it couldn't.I was able to try one system restore on reboot with the same resultA system...
View ArticleWindows Media Player won't play music off CD
When I put in a music CD, the CD shows in windows explorer, WMP (Windows Media Player) shows the CD, when you play a track you get a red circle with a X in the middle. I don't know if there is no...
View ArticleHard Drive upgrade
I have a Alienware Aurora computer , Ihave a ST1000DB003 Hard drive in it now which im getting errors on self check test and would like to know if I could upgrade to a STBD3000100 Hard drive. Thanksltski1
View ArticleClarity on a Dell XPS 8700 with 2TB SATA Hard Drive + Intel® SRT 32GB SSD Cache
Hi,I am in the process of purchasing a Dell XPS 8700 with a SATA hard drive with a 32GB SSD cache. I am trying to find out if the SSD is a separate physical drive to the SATA hard drive, will this be...
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