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new <bad hard disk> errors, pics attached
Been battling this Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop on and off for couple months now.
This is my most recent post, which ended up being solved because I purchased a refurbished hard disk from a reputable online retailer. I activated the new Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit software over the phone and I was off and running. Two days later, it started acting funny. It would shut off suddenly. Finally I had to run startup repair muiltiple times and it said it couldn't be fixed with startup repair. The following are the pics I took of the error boxes:
If it is indeed the "new" refurbished hard disk I can still return it for another one. Does that appear to be the problem to you?
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number DELL Inspiron 1545 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Internet Speed 760
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Built By ELiTEFX 2012 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 CPU Intel Core i7 2700K @ 4.515 Ghz Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Memory 16GB GSkill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 Graphics Card(s) 2 x MSI R6870HAWK 1GB TwinFrozr III CrossFire Enabled Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 27" LED 2ms Syncmaster S27B350 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Mushkin Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB SSD 550/515 MB/sec PSU Corsair TX850W Case Coolermaster CM690 Cooling Coolermaster V8 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Razer DeathAdder Internet Speed 18mbps/.512mbps Other Info Samsung SH-S243D DVD+RW/DVD-RW Optical Drive
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I can't get on line with the laptop but is it something i can download to flash stick using my desktop and run in the damaged laptop?
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number DELL Inspiron 1545 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Internet Speed 760
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in recovery environment->command prompt:
post results
Replace Q with actual drive letter
look at the sizes and drive letters. Now you know drive letter of win7
Computer type Laptop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card(s) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
I can't get on line with the laptop but is it something i can download to flash stick using my desktop and run in the damaged laptop?
there is a portable version:
CrystalDiskInfo Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives but I believe the only solution is to remove the damaged laptop HDD, place it in a Hard Drive Dock and connect the Dock to your desktop for HDD testing.
Probably more money/effort than the situation is worth.
Best advice: RMA the damaged laptop HDD. If you can't run Windows you have nothing to lose.....
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Built By ELiTEFX 2012 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 CPU Intel Core i7 2700K @ 4.515 Ghz Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Memory 16GB GSkill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 Graphics Card(s) 2 x MSI R6870HAWK 1GB TwinFrozr III CrossFire Enabled Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 27" LED 2ms Syncmaster S27B350 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Mushkin Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB SSD 550/515 MB/sec PSU Corsair TX850W Case Coolermaster CM690 Cooling Coolermaster V8 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Razer DeathAdder Internet Speed 18mbps/.512mbps Other Info Samsung SH-S243D DVD+RW/DVD-RW Optical Drive
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"Best advice: RMA the damaged laptop HDD. If you can't run Windows you have nothing to lose"
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number DELL Inspiron 1545 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Internet Speed 760
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