Losing External USB 3.0 hard drive occasionally on XPS 8700
I have 3 external hard drives attached directly to the rear USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 hub with 2 hard drives attached. About once a week one the directly connected hard drives disappears. I have...
View ArticleHDD Failure after 13 Months!
How long is a hard drive guaranteed for? I bought a Dell Inspiron 15r se in December 2012. My Warranty expired in December 2013 and HDD has today failed (error code 2000-0142 ePSA). Has anyone else had...
View ArticleFloppy compatability
I have a Dim. 3000 without a floppy. I also have a sick old emachines, with a good floppy drive. Can it be mounted in the 3000? Lee Robinson W. Palm Beach. [ADMIN NOTE: Email ID removed per TOU...
View ArticleDiskette drive 0 seek failure, and primary drive 1 not found and secondary...
before it was saying the diskete drive 0 seek failure, and my cousin tried fixing it and now it says that, and im not sure what to do. I just paid 400 dollars to get everything on the inside replaced,...
View ArticleError Code 1000-0146: Start "DST Short test": failed
Hi,As of today, I'm unable to boot Windows 7. Right after the Windows flag logo, I get a BSOD with the error: unmountable_boot_volume. When I run diagnostics I get the error mentioned in the title....
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 ArticleInstalling an SDD into XPS 8700
Had an xps 8700 purchased for me as an grad gift and I am wondering how hard it will be to convert the hdd to an sdd boot drive, would it be the same as this post,...
View ArticleWhat are the partitions of my XPS 8700's hard drive for?
I have an XPS 8700 that came with Windows 8, and I've upgraded it to 8.1.I'm in the process of setting it up as a dual-boot Win8.1/Ubuntu machine, and was surprised when I looked at the partition...
View ArticleHard disk problem or fan?
My laptop is 3 years old out of warranty now. Today morning suddenly I heard a noise and as my hand was under the laptop i could feel it as it made the noise.. like kat kat kat for a few seconds. I was...
View ArticleOPU Fail
I am having problems with my DVD drive reading some CD. I got it to read movies by updating drivers but I am trying to install software and it will not recognize the CD. Any help would be appreciated.
View ArticleT3500 RAID 1 HOW TO DISABLE PLEASE
DellT3500 ordered a while ago with TWO 1T HDD. Now as the data approaches 1T I realise that I have only 1T (not 2T) capacity as the machine has been set to RAID1.Not what was ordered. I am not happy...
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 ArticleDVDs wont' play
For some reason all of a sudden my CDRW/DVD wont play DVDs. It will read music CDs and CD-ROM discs.But when I try to play a DVD the green light flashes for a while but nothing happens. When I try to...
View ArticleSomeone Please HELP
I am on my (HP) computer trying to solve my daughters (Dell) computer issue which is sitting side by side on my desk. You may have to go read some of my posts since We last communicated. Right now all...
View ArticleInspiron 2305, Please help me
I have a dell inspiron all in one 2305 that would seemingly turn on when the power was pressed, you could hear a fan spin and a few very soft 'clicking' sounds and then nothing else would happen....
View ArticleHDD Password Removal
Hi, recently i forgot my admin password to recover that i changed all passwords in set up-security-boot password, admin password, system password, hdd password. Now it is showing error for HDD...
View ArticleHard Drive error codes for different memory blocks (Interrupt Request did not...
Inspiron 1545 laptopSATA DISK S/W WD-WX10A6945390Targeted Read and Smart Short Self test failIn the Confidence test, error codes for different memory blocks (Interrupt Request did not set in time)...
View Articledecrypting my entire computer
I plan to upgrade my Latitude 420 from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro. I'll need to decrypt all files and uninstall the Dell data Protection Encryption 64-bit (Ver 7.2.3.4426) from my computer....
View ArticleError code 2000-0142 ?
Yet another problem with my Dell product, it seems every time it's sent in it's never returned 100%. I got my Dell Insipron 5520 back from two recent repairs and for a while I was happy. Then again;...
View ArticleXPS 420 with RAID 1 upgrade from 2-320Gb drives to 2-1Tb drives
I haven't been able to find explicit directions for this process. The existing RAID 1 drive has 3 partitions on it. I have new 1Tb drives from Dell which I would like to use to replace the existing...
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