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how to enable Intel Rapid Start Technology?
Hello expert,I've just received my Dell Inspiron 14z laptop. It came pre-loaded with windows 8. I was having a hard time using windows 8, so, I wiped and reinstalled a clean Windows 7 Pro. However,...
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I have a new Dell ZPS 8700 and wish to add a second DVD/CD. What should I be looking for? Thanks, Bob
View ArticleXPS 8700 will not recognize optical drive
I bought this pc in january and the drive was working fine until this week. I didn't change any hardware or software recently. After a day of some heavy use (watched a dvd and burned two cd's) the...
View ArticleHow to Add a 2nd HD as the Primary Hard Drive with an OS, YET make my current...
Hello,I have a Dell Inspiron 530 (Core2 Quad with 4 GB Ram - Win Vista Home) with a 500 GB SATA Internal HD and would like to replace it with a WD 1TB SATA Internal HD and add an OS (Win-7 - 32bit)....
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USB Drives Not Detected- Dell Inspiron 3520
I have dell inspiron 3520 running windows 7 64 bit OS. Recently when i plugged in my Pen Drive it stopped recognizing them. But Interesting thing is a few pen drives are detected. And I tried updating...
View ArticleReplacing a 500Gb HDD with a 3TB HDD. Won't boot.
Hi,I have a Inspirion 560 with a 500Gb HDD which I have cloned to the a new SATA 3TB HDD (WD green) but the machine fails to boot.The partition sizes are all the same. The machine has the latest (A06)...
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(redirected) Alienware M17x R4: Windows7 not detecting internal SATA DVD/CD...
Hello, I'm in need of some help here because I can't really figure out what's causing the problem.I inserted a legit BioShock 2 installation DVD, and my CD/DVD drive did not detect it. I tried taking...
View ArticleInspiron 660 - System Restore showing 3rd (non-existent) drive
Last week I wiped the 1TB (original) drive and 250GB drive I use as "D:" and used the Factory Back-up DVDs I made to reinstall the C: drive back to factory defaultWhen I went to use System Restore it...
View ArticleTrouble upgrading HD on Inspiron 531
I've recently upgraded the second hard drive on my Dell and can't get it to format fully.The computer is a Dell Inspiron 531with an AMD processor running Vista. I've updated drivers for relevant...
View ArticleWindows Update not working after installing DELL 1TB 7200RPM SATA 3.5" Hard...
I cloned the original 80GB drive onto a compatible 1TB drive I bought from DELL. Everything seemed to be ok until I noticed that Windows Update wasn't working. "Windows Update cannot currently check...
View ArticleAlienware 17 missing interposer for 2nd hdd slot
Hello, I have an Alienware 17 I bought last summer. From what I read the secondary hdd slot was supposed to have all the stuff needed for adding a 2nd hdd. It does have the caddy(casing), the extra...
View ArticleHow to tell if my 11z (1110) has an SATA or IDE hard drive?
I want to replace my HDD with a SSD but I am not getting a clear indication from various sources whether it is an SATA drive or an IDE (ATA) drive. Is there an easy way to find out other than opening...
View ArticleHow to Delete my Hard Drive
Hi All,having issues with my laptop and Dell sent me a replacement. I am sending the old one back, Latitude e6540 with a ST500LM0 ST500LM000-1EJ16 SCSI Disk Device hard drive. What is the best way to...
View ArticleDELL XPS L501X Hard Drive replacement
Lately, I've been receiving error messages like " SMART has detected a hard drive failure. Back up your data immediately." I think there is no troubleshooting option available now and I've to replace...
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No boot device available
hello I have a Dell, (I do not remember the model :) and I have had this problem. Can someone help me?
View ArticleDell XPS 18 replaced HDD with SSD. AHCI disabled.
Replaced the HDD with a Samsung EVO 500gb SSD in my new Dell XPS 18 All iin one. SSD came with Samsung Magician software.. Magician tells me "AHCI is disabled for one or more connected SSDs. System...
View ArticleTrouble getting Windows 7 to recognize 4TB HDD.
I have problems installing 4TB RAID HDDs on XPS 8300.New Hard drives are Seagate ST4000DM000 After installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 64-bit SP1 and performing all security updates, I try to install...
View ArticleUSB 2.0 CRW
All of you who can't find driver for this device.This is card reader. Find realtek card reader drivers for your notebook .Cheers !
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I have been having problem on booting of my dell inspiron N4050 laptop for about a month now.At first it was PXE ROM error as exiting PXE ROM i followed the instruction and disabled NIC...
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