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    Dell XPS M1530 has died

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by NaldoGF, Jan 10, 2010.

  1. NaldoGF

    NaldoGF Newbie

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    Hi all, I am looking for some advice as what to do/try.

    I did a restart of the laptop and after the initial bios load screen I get.

    "A disc read error occured"

    Does not give me any options just a black screen with that message.
    I have removed the hard drive and reseated it to no avail.

    The warranty ran out two weeks ago :D

    Is there any options available to me?
    Have I lost everything?

    Thanks.
     
    NaldoGF, Jan 10, 2010
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  2. Zaraphrax

    Zaraphrax Notebook Consultant

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    Do you have a Linux Live CD or something you can put in to boot from a DVD? If it boots from that, I'd say you're hard disk is gone. You should be able to get everything from your backups.....you do have a backup, right? :confused:

    Get that far first, see if it boots from a DVD and we can deal with the disk later.
     
    Zaraphrax, Jan 10, 2010
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  3. NaldoGF

    NaldoGF Newbie

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    Thanks for the assistance.

    I put a XP disc in a boot from DVD.

    Starts to do its setup.

    Then I get a screen that asks me were I want to install.

    Looking at this screen, The drive is being recognized....?

    [​IMG]
     
    NaldoGF, Jan 10, 2010
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Select partition 2 and click enter. Then select "repair the OS".
     
    moral hazard, Jan 10, 2010
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  5. mar_tin1

    mar_tin1 Notebook Consultant

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    Either the data area is damaged or Get an OpenSUSE and be free.
     
    mar_tin1, Jan 10, 2010
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