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FIXING A SLOW COMPUTER A slow computer could be caused by a number of things - 1.Insufficient RAM (memory) - if your computer has less than 512Mb of RAM then increase it to at least 1Gb of RAM. 2.Registry problems - clean and repair the registry, it will contain unused registry keys. Use programs such as Registry Mechanic, Microsoft RegClean etc. 3.Uninstall/remove unused programs, this will also free up hard disk space. 4.Not enough hard disk space - swap file space may need to be increased if Windows hasn't been configured to manage it. 5.Install latest Windows updates. 6.Update virus definition files and scan computer for viruses, Trojans, malware etc. 7.Clear the Internet cache for faster browsing. 8.Hard disk maintenance is required at least once a month to keep it functioning efficiently. Run the following programs - Disk Cleanup - removes temporary files that are no longer used and to recovers hard disk space. Disk Defragmenter to make fragmented files into contiguous files and therefore the hard disk access is faster.
The error code indicates that the system is not able to access or detect any Hard Disk Drive. If comfortable you can try the following: 1. Open your laptop following the below guide 2. Look for the Hard Disk Drive 3. Remove it from the system 4. Re-seat the Hard Disk drive 5. Re-start the system
If still the HDD is not detected I am afraid to say that the Drive is gone bad and needs a replacement.
Kindly feel free for any further clarification or assistance.
this is happening because of bios upgrade but not in a bad way. May be there is a hardware problem just starting so new bios upgrade is detecting that and thats why its restarting.
basically sudden shut down occurs in either cases- Fan not working or hard disk(or RAM) gone bad.
my advise is to contact dell customer support and they will guide you thru trouble shooting steps.
they will guide you if your warranty is not there.
If you wish to FORMAT your hard drive so you can re install the OS.
Put your Windows disc into the CD/DVD drive, boot the computer and press F2 (if that does not work try CTRL+ALT and enter) to enter the bios. Change the boot order to boot from the CD drive first.
Follow the onscreen instructions to Install the OS, you should get the option to delete the existing partitions and then to FORMAT.
Same thing happened to me. I stumbled on this link and the solution made sense to me. http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/new-to-community/f/3511/t/19323146.aspx
What I did was to nudge in the Hard drive to make sure it wasn't loose and press down slightly on the processor even though it didnt feel loose.
Worked for me. Though I'd help someone else since someone else 's post helped me.
Vista doesn't generally like to be installed on a hard drive that big. Well, Windows, in general doesn't.
And, from the sounds of it, you didn't install Windows on your new primary 1.5TB drive, you just copied it from the 500GB drive, which won't work.
Here's what you should to, to solve this: 1) Swap out your 1.5TB drive with the 500GB drive again. 2) Swap out your secondard 1.5TB drive, with the new one. 3) Create a partition of 120GB or less on that drive 4) Install Windows on the new partition. 5) Put the other 1.5TB drive back in, as secondary.
Once that's done, you can swap out the new 1.5TB drive with your Windows partition on it, in place of the 500GB drive.
When you boot, Windows may ask you to select which operating system you want, just select Windows Vista, and you should be good to go.
I had a similar issue a few years ago, when I tried to install Windows on a 1TB drive, and couldn't get it to work. Once I partitioned a smaller space, it worked like magic.
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