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    formatted my laptop but....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tobleronee, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. tobleronee

    tobleronee Newbie

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    hihi

    i formatted my laptop about a month ago and it turned out pretty much fine, just was taking a very long time to shut down, about 10 minutes. just recently i went to play a DVD that did play before and an IO device error came up (the DVD wont play in media direct either). so now i am thinking i didn't do something right on the format. also, i now have an E disk on the hard drive, should i format that too as when i click on it it proms me ...it is not formatted and would i like to now?
    sorry i dont know too much about computers, but i followed the instructions in this forum about how to format and stuff

    any ideas on this would be a great help....

    cheers
     
    tobleronee, Sep 18, 2008
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Hey!

    What lappy is it that you have??? ;)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 18, 2008
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  3. tobleronee

    tobleronee Newbie

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    hello! its a dell inspiron 640m, i've had it for a fair while, never had any problems with it until i did a crap format hah
     
    tobleronee, Sep 18, 2008
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    Cloak-N-Dagger Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you use the drive for other things aside from watching a DVD (burn a music CD, or copy data from the DVD drive to your hard-drive)? Typically, an I/O error indicated a hardware problem, so I am not inclined to believe that formatting your HDD played a role in your problem. If you are getting I/O error doing other things then it is most likely a bad DVD drive. What software have you installed for DVD playback?
     
    Cloak-N-Dagger, Sep 18, 2008
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  5. tobleronee

    tobleronee Newbie

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    yah i can use it for other things, i copied a data cd and dvd to my comp, it just wont play and dvds or videos that are on the dvd/cds. music is played fine. also i've noticed the virtual memory is running out all the time now...
     
    tobleronee, Sep 22, 2008
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    any ideas?
     
    tobleronee, Sep 22, 2008
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