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Auslander

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25. April 2006 @ 16:31

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if it's not recognizing the hard drive, that could be dying. any stranger noises? grinding, clicking, etc? check your ide cables from your motherboard to hard drive. might be a good idea to replace them. do a low-level format and try a fresh copy of windows. that dell recovery cd is all but completely useless.

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ddp

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25. April 2006 @ 18:34

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to remove oxidation off the gold

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Spawn1986

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26. April 2006 @ 14:27

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press F2 at dell logo...enter BIOS and check if the primary HDD is detected....if detected insert the driver and utilitied cd and run the debug script in a dos session :
C:\>debug
-F 200 L1000 0 <enter>
-A CS:100 <enter>
xxxx:0100 MOV AX,301 <enter>
xxxx:0103 MOV BX,200 <enter>
xxxx:0106 MOV CX,1 <enter>
xxxx:0109 MOV DX,80 <enter>
xxx:010C INT 13 <enter>
xxxx:010E INT 20 <enter>
xxxx:0110 <enter>
-g <enter>
ctrl+alt+del

This will delete all partitions on your HDD...then try OS installation.......This would only help if your HDD is detected in the BIOS....if not detected...take out the HDD and put it back in again and see if it is detected then otherwise contact Dell technical support...though your computer is out of warranty they will still provide you technical support

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You R not who U R

You R who U choose to B

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rihgt682

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28. April 2006 @ 14:32

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Did you know that the person who has india accent is actully in india. I ask where are you guys located and they said india. I bought a U.S computer and they trasported me to india. WTF!!! BTW they were no help.

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Spawn1986

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29. April 2006 @ 06:55

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Did you try the debug statement I showed you. It clears even the partitions on your HDD....so when you format you are actually recreating the partitions as well.....If this does not work out then you would have to purchase a new HDD.....and by the way I am also a dell certified tech from India....

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rihgt682

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29. April 2006 @ 09:40

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Quote:
press F2 at dell logo...enter BIOS and check if the primary HDD is detected

It is, I don't know the next step you told me to do.

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Spawn1986

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29. April 2006 @ 10:08

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enter the blue cd that says drivers and utilities.....run a dos session....at the command prompt run debug script as stated aboove...after you are finished with the debug script you can start an OS reinstall...

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rihgt682

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29. April 2006 @ 17:19

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That's not working. I don't know how to get there.

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ddp

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29. April 2006 @ 18:27

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