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    2 year old XPS M1730 "disk error"

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Omroth, Jan 22, 2010.

  1. Omroth

    Omroth Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys.

    On starting up my 2 year old M1730 this morning I get

    "disk error
    press any key to restart"

    At the post-bios screen (before windows gets involved).

    (restarting doesn't help)


    Any advice? Do I have to get a new hd? If so can someone point me to a suitable one? I think I have two hds in this machine as well... Maybe I should swap them.

    Oh... and it's out of warranty.

    Any help much appreciated,
    Ian
     
    Omroth, Jan 22, 2010
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  2. tyh

    tyh Guest

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    Have you tried to check the BIOS to see if the hard drive could be read by BIOS.

    You could also do a diagnostics from BIOS to see if they are any errors, such as, bad sectors?

    Good luck.
     
    tyh, Jan 22, 2010
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