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Dell Inspiron 1501 Hard drive help plz
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Did she have vista before?!!
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she had vista a while ago but I took it off and put xp because she wasnt used to vista and vista was running SLOW on it... when I installed xp it seemed to speed it up0
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diagnostics still failed.. its error 0146 according to the dell forums where other users had this problem .. the hd needs replacing0
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If you haven't wiped it, there should be a restore partition with vista on, you might want to backup that with disk imaging software if you don't have a vista disc.
If it's working currently, don't see the point in replacing it yet, unless the data on it is critical!!
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The only things she wanted was her pics which I have managed to save because when it was playing up before I backed them up...
She only uses the laptop for the internet really, I think I will change the hd for her .. cheaper than buying a new laptop thanks for ur help
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