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    Error Code 2000-0142

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by yomamasfavourite, Aug 17, 2009.

  1. yomamasfavourite

    yomamasfavourite Notebook Evangelist

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    Basically the hard drive (of my XPS m1530) has been going a bit slower than usual recently.

    I figured it was just Vista been more sluggish than usual.
    So I decided I'd back it up, wipe it and install my new copy of Windows 7 RTM.

    After booting from the DVD, setup stopped halfway through giving me this '0x00000e9' error code.

    I subsequently ran the dell diagnostics.
    Which gave me this :

    Hard Drive - DST
    Test Results : Fail
    Error code 2000-0142
    Msg : hard drive 1 - Self test unsuccessful.
    Status : 70

    Anybody know what this means?
    Is my hdd ruined :( or is there anything I can do to rectify it? :)

    Thanks.
     
    yomamasfavourite, Aug 17, 2009
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you are still under warranty contact Dell and they will dispatch out another hard drive. You'll return the orginal hard drive in the same box with a pre-printed shipping label.

    If not, you can pick one up for under 100 USD.

    Its a simple process to remove and replace the M1530 HDD. See this link for an overview...
    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/xpsm1530/en/SM/hdd.htm#wp1109848
     
    BatBoy, Aug 17, 2009
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  3. Bukket

    Bukket Notebook Consultant

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    He's right, it is time for a new hard drive. I had one fail with the same code and Dell had a new one here in a couple of days.
     
    Bukket, Aug 18, 2009
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