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    No bootable drive detected

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by arknsashilbilly, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. arknsashilbilly

    arknsashilbilly Notebook Guru

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    I have a xps m1530, and about once a week everything stops, and i get a blank screen saying that no bootable drive was detected and to try and reseat the hard drive. I then have to turn off the power, unscrew the hard drive, take it out, replace it, and screw it back in. It is not a long process, but it is absolutely ridiculous that I have to do this for a 1.5 month old computer that cost $2500! When I contact dell, they just tell me to run the exact same diagnostic test and waste my time. Any ideas on what to do?
     
    arknsashilbilly, Jul 25, 2008
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  2. Rhodan

    Rhodan NBR Expert of Nothing

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    Have you called Dell before you remove and replace the harddrive?
     
    Rhodan, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. arknsashilbilly

    arknsashilbilly Notebook Guru

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    yea, they're the ones that told me to
     
    arknsashilbilly, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. arknsashilbilly

    arknsashilbilly Notebook Guru

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    when i say replace i mean put the original back in, not buy a new one
     
    arknsashilbilly, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Call them and demand a tech to your house to fix it. You paid way too much to have to reseat the hard drive. That's just ridiculous.
     
    atbnet, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. PvD

    PvD Notebook Consultant

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    Its not that easy, maybe the motherboard is not catching up the Hard drive, and they need to troubleshoot, a part must be replaced for sure, but it will be either the motherboard or the hard drive but most likely it will be the hard drive, run diagnostics on the hard drive, and if it comes clean call them and tell them that diagnostics passed and that you are not happy with the hard drive tell them to replace it for you.
     
    PvD, Jul 26, 2008
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  7. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    no..... use Vista DVD to boot, then click 'repair and troubleshoot" or something.... think ur bootmanager is corrupt or something
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 26, 2008
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  8. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yep - sounds like your MBR was hosed. Try the repair function of your OS install dvd.
     
    BatBoy, Jul 27, 2008
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