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    XPS M1530 HDD Replacement (Dell Success Story)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Zahn1138, May 31, 2008.

  1. Zahn1138

    Zahn1138 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I had a great experience with Dell. Recently, I've been having issues with my HDD. I've had a lot of bad sectors, and because of that Service Pack 1 wasn't installing. It's also been running extremely hot.

    I called the XPS service line, the guy was an American, he was very helpful, I told him the symptoms, he agreed that I had a bad hard disk. They sent me a new HDD with next-business day shipping.

    The best part? My old HDD was a 160GB 5400RPM. The new one was 200GB 7200RPM. Hells yes.
     
    Zahn1138, May 31, 2008
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  2. Matthileo

    Matthileo Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow...that really is good news :)
     
    Matthileo, May 31, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sweet...nice to hear that went well.

    For future reference, if you ever think there are bad sectors back up your data to another drive immediately. You're lucky you (hopefully) didn't lose any data.
     
    Greg, May 31, 2008
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  4. Lucanesti

    Lucanesti Notebook Deity

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    I like seeing posts from people who have reputations that superceed the definition of reputation (Greg)

    Awesome Dell hooked up you up.

    "DUDE! Dell didnt bend you over and call make you call them Daddy!"
     
    Lucanesti, May 31, 2008
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  5. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    I think most of times their service is good.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 1, 2008
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