Re: Dell Recommends a new hard drive
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:15:31 -0700
Steve wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell laptop. It takes me anywhere from 2 to 10
> boots
> before it finds the operating system and starts up. I re-installed
> the battery (in case of a static problem, ran antivirus scan, did
> defrag, and
> check for volume errors. Problem still not fixed.
>
> My computer is out of warantee with Dell, and they recommend replacing
> the hard drive.
>
> Before I do this, might there be some hardware repair software
> solutions
> that I should investigate? Might this be an operating system problem,
> and is
> there os repair software I should also look at. Anything free?
>
It doesn't sound like a software problem. Even though Dell has
diagnostic tests, I recommend getting a diagnostic utility from the
drive mftr.'s website (or just use SeaTools from Seagate). Depending on
the laptop configuration, you'll need to make a bootable floppy or cd
with the file you download. Then boot with the utility and do a
thorough test of the hard drive. If it fails with physical errors, then
it is worth replacing the drive.
Malke
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