ATAPI Event ID 11
Hi,I had to replace the HDD on my 3+ year old Dell Inspiron N4010 (14R) with an SSD as the HDD had developed bad sectors and was causing issues. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1 after I swapped...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 64bit OEM DVD in an LG BH10LS30 Blu-ray re-writer won't be...
My current Situation:-Newly Full Built PC-I Set Boot priority #1 as the LG DVD/CD/BD Optical Drive in the BIOS-I Insert a full version of Windows 8.1 64bit OEM (DVD) into the LG Optical...
View ArticleXPS 8500 Re-install OS to SSD
Hi,I Purchased an XPS 8500 a few years back. It came with a 2TB Hard Drive. I just recently purchased a 120GB SSD. I was wondering if there is a way that I can do a fresh install using my SSD as the C...
View ArticleThumb drives
I have several different thumb drives and not a one will work any more on my Dell Inspiron 1545 running windows 7. They all work on other computers just fine but I get a message saying to format them....
View ArticleHd not detected in Bios or the new ssd also not detected
I recently had to replace my original hard drive on my N7110. The Bios and the diagnostics program did not detect a HD. I purchased a new Samsung SSD, and installed it. The bios and the diagnostics...
View ArticleCannot install factory reinstall CD/USB on drives smaller than what came with...
Recently installed Samsung 840 Evo SSD in my Dell 15r Inspiron 5537. They created factory restore disk from the previous drive thinking they would just install on the new SSD. After trying to install...
View ArticleXPS 8500 drives (SSD and HDD)
I have an XPS8500 that I bought new from Dell a little over a year ago. It came with a 256 GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. When I got it I noticed the SSD was the C: drive and the HDD was the D: drive.I called...
View ArticleERROR CODE 2000-01 42
HELLO MY DELL INSPIRON 15R 5520 DISPLAYS ERROR CODE 2000-01 42 VALIDATION 114594 MSG: HARD DRIVE 0-S/W WXQ1E82ENZZ1, SHORT SELF TEST UNSUCCESSFUL IN ePSA DIAGONISTICS BUT MY SYSTEM IS RUNNING ALL WELL...
View ArticleLatitude D630 Second Hard Drive Modules, PATA
Does anyone have one of these to sell? Dell doesn't have them, can't find a reliable source, compaticle part numbers are something like 8T687 X4680 JP130 JP131 YY969.
View ArticleReplacing drive in DELL Studio XPS 9100
A while ago, I purchased a Dell Studio XPS 9100. Later, I replaced a video card. Now, my hard drive is failing and I would like to re-install Windows 7 Home Edition from scratch on a new SSD. What...
View ArticleDell Dimension B110 use two hard drives.
I have a Dell dimension B110 My neighbour tossed out a Compaq Presario SR1303WM, it has the same type hard drive connectors I/DE it has a 40 gig hard drive. Could I use it as a second hard drive to...
View Articlewinretools wont defrag
Please help, when i try to optimize and defrag my drives( win 8 ) it will only do the os(:c) drive and pbr image drive, winretools is 60% fragmented & refuses to analyze and defrag! is there...
View ArticleXPS 8500 disk boot failure
Twice In the past 4 weeks my computer would be locked up in the morning. I had to cut power and it reboot OK. Now suddenly I get a disk boot failure on the 2TB drive. I'm running Windows 7 Pro--or I...
View ArticleXPS 8500 Harddrive faile & replaced, Window OS installed on 32Gb SSD; Should...
I had a drive failure on my XPS 8500, so the drive was removed & preplaced. Windows 7 Operating System (and Dell Utilities/Drivers) was loaded to the 32 GB SSD. This left about 2 GB left on the...
View ArticleSSD Support Problem
Greetings!I bought this computer a couple days ago (Inspiron 3847). I installed a new Samsung 840Evo SSD. I used the included Samsung Data Migration software to transfer the factory disk to the new...
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 ArticleAdding 2nd hard drive to Inspiron 530
I have a Dell Inspiron 530 which has a Samsung 320GB hard drive. I would like to add a second hard drive to put photos etc on. A Western Digital 2TB Green 3.5" SATA looks a possibility. However,...
View ArticleSSD Install
I bought this computer a couple days ago (Inspiron 3847). I tried to install an old/neverused Seagate 240 SSD. Norton Ghost wouldn't let me install . I tried Acronis2014 and get BSOD. Does anyone have...
View ArticleFormat HDD in Windows
I installed a 500gb SSD to replace the original boot drive on a XPS 8700. I have deleted all data from the old HDD but I can't get rid of the original system partition (about 40 mb). I have tried...
View ArticleXPS14 no boot found, drives me crazy!
Hello to all! Cant even describe all my hatred of my XPS 14 laptop!So, the problem is:Maybe my fault, maybe not, but while having some problem with the laptop hitted the table so hard it broke. As a...
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