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    Dell Inspiron Hard Drive Failure

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by haygood, Oct 10, 2011.

  1. haygood

    haygood Newbie

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    I have a Dell Inspiron
    It came with a Toshiba hard drive which has apparently crashed.

    Warranty on the laptop expired 2 weeks ago.
    I checked the Toshiba site and it said I had to go through Dell.
    I'm trying to contact Dell to see if they honor manufactures hard drive warranties after the laptop warranty expires.

    Looks like Toshiba has a 3 or 5 on this hard drive.

    Am I just screwed? I can get another one for $50.
     
    haygood, Oct 10, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The point of an OEM drive is that Dell manages the warranty for the drive, not Toshiba. And Dell isn't going to warranty your drive since you're out of warranty. Just buy a new drive; you can use any SATA drive and they're cheap these days.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 10, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ya just purchase a new hard drive. For 50 bucks you can get a 500 GB 5400 rpm drive these days on sale. You will need your recovery media or Dell disc to reinstall Windows.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Oct 11, 2011
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  4. rmh24

    rmh24 Newbie

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    My situation is very similar. When I purchased my Dell Inspiron it was loaded with Windows Vista; the purchase also included an upgrade to Windows 7, which I installed (and currently running). I’m getting ready to replace my hard drive (disk failure) – do I need to install Vista first with the OS reinstall disk, or can I use the Windows 7 upgrade disk? Any info will be appreciated. Thanks.

    Mark

    Dell Inspiron 1545
    Windows 7
     
    rmh24, Oct 19, 2011
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You cannot just install Windows 7 upgrade without a pre-existing OS, your COA will not activate. Install Vista first (don't bother with drivers) and boot from Windows 7 disc.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Oct 19, 2011
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  6. rmh24

    rmh24 Newbie

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    Thank you for your help...
     
    rmh24, Oct 20, 2011
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