I am trying to perform a clean install of win7. I get a BSOD after a short way through the setup process. I ran a pre-boot test which returned these errors: Error code 0F00:131B for blocks 0 and 31 on the HDD. Is this malicious software or failing hardware?
Most likely hardware. Run a chkdsk on the drive you will have to do it from command prompt.
Example: ckhdsk c: /r/f
SOURCE: Dell GX270 Maxtor 7Y250M0
If you are getting bad block reports on your hard drive, it means that your hard drive media has suffered some degradation. It could very well be that some system files are being affected by this, thus continually triggering the problem. You may not like the suggestion I have, but it looks to me like the most solid solution (saving you hours and hours of troubleshooting).
Backup all files from your hard drive, save all of your browser shortcuts to backup files, then perform another Windows XP installation with a low level format of the hard drive. I know a PC specialist with many years of experience that says hard drives develop faulty areas over time and that every 5 years or so, it's just best to back up data from the hard drive and perform a low level format. This resets the device completely. If there are any faulty areas on the disk, they are skipped over--to the operating system, the drive will be perfectly fine.
This is not a guaranteed solution, but it sounds to me like it will eliminate a lot of possible culprits for you. Good luck.
SOURCE: c0000218 error code.cannot boot dell 8400 to troubleshoot problem
It sounds like you've had a fatal error - you can reboot the PC back to factory setting - this is called a hard reset - but before you do that - unplug you tower and clean it out (dust & dirt) - once you're done with that - restart you computer and press &hold down the "Ctrl" and "F11" button at the same time - this will let you reset the PC to the original factory configuration.
SOURCE: Blue Screen c000021a
boot system into safe mode. locate the icon for my computer. right click and go to properties. locate the computer name tab and select it. find the radio button for "change" and click it. rename the computer to something considerably shorter then what you have. the system cannot boot and complete the logon process if the computer name is longer than 200 "bytes"
SOURCE: Blue screen error with stop code 0 X 000000ed.
Unmountable Boot Volumes almost always indicate a failure of the hard drive. You can try running CHKDSK /R from recovery console or a clean installation of Windows. If those fail, replace the hard drive.
SOURCE: IDE Device Failed on Dell Dimension
Hi
Thank you for your query
From the error message that you are seeing you are having a issue with one or both of your IDE devices. These devices are your Hard drive or/and your CD/DVD drive
I would not recommned that you tackle it yourself if you have no PC engineering experience
Please book into a reputabe firm for further diagnosis, it may be that you may need to discoonect the IDE drive from the devices and give it a clean or alternativley one of the devices may be faulty
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this will help me greatly - Thank you again
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It is a dell studio xps 7100, not 9100. Sorry.
Fixed. Could not run chkdsk or reboot. Bought a new HDD. Installed Win8. Thanks for all your advice & help.
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