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Dell notepad not working
flossy_splodge
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I have a really kind plumber who plays very fair with me when I have a problem and now I want to return the favour with your help.
He has a baby Dell which won't boot up.
There is nothing on it that matters if it gets wiped but I don't know what operating system is installed even.
It is an Inspiron mini 10, model no. 1011-8936.
When you try to power up you get F2 Setup and F12 Boot options on screen with the DELL logo then just a cursor top left saying 'a disk read error occurred.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
When I do that, the whole cycle repeats.
Can anyone offer me any help on if there is anything I can do with this?
Many thanks.:o
He has a baby Dell which won't boot up.
There is nothing on it that matters if it gets wiped but I don't know what operating system is installed even.
It is an Inspiron mini 10, model no. 1011-8936.
When you try to power up you get F2 Setup and F12 Boot options on screen with the DELL logo then just a cursor top left saying 'a disk read error occurred.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
When I do that, the whole cycle repeats.
Can anyone offer me any help on if there is anything I can do with this?
Many thanks.:o
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I can get into F12 and am currently running the diagnostics.
Oh now it gives me options to do an Express Test, an Extended Test, a Custom Test or a Symptom Tree.
Until I get other advice here I am starting the Extended test.
All advice most welcome.:o0 -
Have now got the error message :
OFOO:1344
Msg Disk- Block 83669743: Cant read, replace disk.
And then it asks me if I want to continue testing?
Help?:eek:0 -
it's running Windows XP.
aNYONE?0 -
Sounds like the Hard Disk needs replaced. Is it still under warranty ?0
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probably so however if you disable achi mode in the bios
you might do a sucessfull re-install karl..........0 -
Sadly no! Thanks anyway.Sounds like the Hard Disk needs replaced. Is it still under warranty ?
OK. Have never heard of achi, can you give me some more information please?probably so however if you disable achi mode in the bios
you might do a sucessfull re-install karl..........
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Sounds unlikely you'd be able to do a re-install as it's telling you that the drive is kippered0
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Do you have an external optical drive at hand?
If so, you should run chkdsk from the Recovery Console0 -
Do you have an external optical drive at hand?
If so, you should run chkdsk from the Recovery Console
Not to hand but can look at getting hold of one if its the only answer?0 -
If no CD drive, you can try it via USB. Video Guide0
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