Studio XPS 435 Desktop Raid 1 installed 2 TB drive still thinks it has old...
Five-year old XPS 435 came with two 750 GB drives running Raid 1 (mirror). One drive failed and I replaced it with a 2 TB. Other drive failed and I replaced it with a 2 TB. Intel Rapid Storage...
View ArticleNeed help with DVD Drive
I want to order the following replacement part, but I am not sure if it will burn dvd's and cd's. Does anyone know how to tell if this part will burn dvd's and cd's?...
View Article2 OF 3 USB PORTS NOT WORKING ON DELL INSPIRON 20 3043
Everything was ok for the first 1 week but later only one of the three USB ports remained functional. Since then, I cannot use both keyboard and mouse,later on memory stick at the same time. I have...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 560 installing a second hard drive
I am wanting to know if it is possible to run two hard drives in this computer for max storage?
View ArticleDVD Player will not read DVD's or Software CD's
Inspiron 15R, a little over a year old, and it will not read any disc I put in the DVD player. My DVD player is listed on my Device Manager as: PLDS DVD+-RW DU-8A5HH. I ran a diagnostic at setup,...
View ArticleAlienware x51; Replacing dead (OS containing) HDD with either SSD or HDD...
So a few days ago i had messed up my HDD on my 2012 x51 Alienware desktop, i tried everything i could to fix it, which wasn't much because i couldn't even use my keyboard during bios to hit f2 or f12,...
View ArticleExternal Hard Drive Not Being Recognized
Greetings,I'm a newbie and for some reason the WD External hard drive that I purchased is not being recognized by Windows Explorer. I have tried unplugging it and replugging it back in, but to no...
View ArticleBaterry
What are the possible problem of bettery not detected Of a laptop.The case is Battery is inserted, not charging and battery no detected fron a toshibaFrom the sys.I tried to uninstall the battery...
View Article(redirected) OPU TEST - Failed Spindle Test - Failed = Dell/Alienware Failed
Received my X51 last night, unpacked and started up but the DVD/CD drive was dead. No problem, go online run diagnostic tests, and get the following message:DVD-RW Drive HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GA50N OPU Test...
View ArticleInstructions for replacing 1Tb HDD with Samsung EVO 1Tb SSD in XPS 15
Can anyone recommend a set of instructions for replacing the factory fitted 1Tb HDD with a 1Tb SSD in an XPS 15 (9530, late 2013 model)? I thought it might be a simple case of cloning the HDD to the...
View Articlexps 720 boot failure
Boot up fails with an "operating system missing" message. I have tried booting from the vista dvd and running system repair utility reuslting in a not able to repair message. I have run extensive...
View Articlewhen I try to boot up my 660 it shows a screen saying no boot device available
No matter what I do I cannot get past that screen I have checked the bios over and over again and cannot find anything out of place. Anyone have any ideas?
View ArticleDVD Drive not recognizing discs on my Inspiron 17R N7110
Computer: Dell Inspiron 17R N7110DVD/CD drive: HL DT ST DVD +- RW GT50NI was using my DVD/CD drive somewhat regularly with no problems, all of a sudden it is no longer recognizing discs. I've confirmed...
View ArticleWindows 7 Explorer cannot see files on disk
I burned a disk with roxioburn, maybe a year ago. I have windows 7 on my 2010 dell. You can look at the disk and see that it burned. When I insert the disk and click on Roxio, it shows the disk is...
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HELP | Add and identification of new Hardisk
HiThis is my PC :I have replace the original HARDISK with SSD HARDISKnow when i try to connect the old HARDDISK as secondary - He did not show me it on the computerI believe there is a bios setting...
View ArticleInspiron 3521 laptop - hard drive fault
I have Inspiron 3521 laptop [Amin Note: Service Tag Edited per TOU policy] with Windows 8. It seems like I have a fault with the hard drive (Samsung ST750LM022): I can load Windows, however quite often...
View ArticleA simple Dell Diagnostic query
I have a Dell PC with 3 identical 1.36Tb hard disks and when I run the diagnostic tool it looks as though there is a problem with one of them. The problem is they all appear in the report as "ATA...
View ArticleComputer doesn't recognize optical drive
Have an Inspiron 2330 w/ Dell external dvd drive. Used drive a number of times after getting cmptr a year ago. But until recently, I haven't tried to use it. Now cmptr doesn't recognize the drive....
View ArticleChecking/updating Blu-ray & DVD drive on Alienware R4?
I have an Alienware R4 desktop PC running Windows 8 that came with two drive. One is a Blu-ray/DVD combo drive and the other just DVD drive. I want to check the current driver versions installed and...
View ArticleFiles missing after reformat
I had a blue screen error a while back and couldn't access my HD anymore. It's an internal drive for XPS410. A friend reformatted the drive and corrected the errors. I'm able to access it but a videos...
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