Dell Dimension 5150 (DIM515MIN) PC Desktop "boot drive hard internal sector" Questions

...boot indicates degraded condition. DISK scan does not seem to remedy the issue. Did the drive actuually fail? Is there a fix? Primary disk still functions. Rich Here's the report : System Information ...

...drive 3. Boot the machine in safe mode and run a system restore, this will restore all the orignal windows and dos based drivers back on the system again 4. if this problem is continues then i would ...

drive should then show in my computer Yes, I agree with Sandrew. When you boot up the computer you should right click My Computer and then select manage. In the next window, go to disk management. For

...Hard Drive noise The L100 started making strange noises recently. It is difficult to describe. At first, it seemed like a noise only a speaker could produce (like when cell phone activity causes ...

...drive and must have inadvertantly deleted some os files. the computer wont boot up. only goes to compaq screen. I tried the windows xp disc as described in trouble shooting (used another pc for this) ...

...boot normally, I would do the following. (I would, but you should only try this if you have a good understanding of windows and needed programs installing, ram replacement, hard drive ...

...from the old drive using other tools on the Hiren's Boot CD, including booting the CD mini-XP environment and using the tools there too. I buy used laptop and o can't open it there is a ...

...drive to boot from. Most modern BIOSes contain a setting that controls if the system should first try to boot from the floppy disk (A:) or first try the hard disk (C:). Some BIOSes will even let you ...

...drive during boot up (witch results in Higher temp and power rates) you could: open the laptopget the drive out 'gently' tap the center a few timesreinsert and check for the smart message again ...

...Boot Sector on the Hard Drive has been compromised. If you attempted to start with the F8 key when you started up the computer and failed to Boot in the Safe Mode, you definitely lost the operating ...