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    Hard Drive Broke?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dizzyegg, May 10, 2009.

  1. dizzyegg

    dizzyegg Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    My m1530 will not boot up anymore, its hangs on the loading vista screen, then restarts and runs windows startup repair. When that runs the hard drive makes a lot of noise, like the usual sound when its reading but a lot louder.

    has anyone heard this problem before, its out of warrenty, will i need to buy a new hard drive?
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    do some hard drive checks

    or go to dell's diagnostic screen (press F12 when BIOS is loading, then go down to diagnostics) and run through a full set

    if you buy a new hard drive, it's cheap and easy to swap... just two screws to pull the drive out... a new 250GB HDD is around $50-$100 right now...
     
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    dizzyegg Notebook Consultant

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    are they sata or ide drives and does it matter what make and model hard drive i get?
     
    dizzyegg, May 11, 2009
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    sata drivers.... the make/model doesn't really matter, mostly the price IMO :)

    and of course... get an external HDD to backup
     
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    dizzyegg Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the advice. I am leaving the house in a min to pick up a new HD (Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 7200RPM SATA-II) for the XPS.

    You said they are simple to install, what exactly do I need to do?
     
    dizzyegg, May 12, 2009
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    rofl, thanks, super easy. replaced it with a Fujitsu 500GB 5400RPM cause they had none of the 320gb 7200rpm in stock. :(
    has improved in windows score. gettin high temps on gpu like 106c, i have some arctic silver knocking about, is it easy enough to apply that, i have done it to many desktops.
     
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