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Dying 8100? - Warning.....
Hi,
Switched on my old faithful this morning and during the boot-up sequence received the following black screen message;
**Warning: Dell's disk Monitoring System has detected that drive 0 on the primary EIDE Controller is operating outside specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data and replace your hard-disk drive by calling your support desk or Dell Computer Corperation - Strike F1 to continue, F2 to see the Setup utility**
I hit F1 and it booted up normally and has run all day without any problems.
Apart from the obvious - replacing the hard drive - has anyone come across this before, "...and doctor, you can tell me.......how much time do I have left......."?
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pr0don
Switched on my old faithful this morning and during the boot-up sequence received the following black screen message;
**Warning: Dell's disk Monitoring System has detected that drive 0 on the primary EIDE Controller is operating outside specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data and replace your hard-disk drive by calling your support desk or Dell Computer Corperation - Strike F1 to continue, F2 to see the Setup utility**
I hit F1 and it booted up normally and has run all day without any problems.
Apart from the obvious - replacing the hard drive - has anyone come across this before, "...and doctor, you can tell me.......how much time do I have left......."?
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pr0don
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Posted April 11th, 2005 20:00
pr0don wrote
"Wow, quick response, thanks.
Don't suppose running any sort of diagnostic/dialysis it would help.........do you?"No, heed the excellent advice given by ejn63 and replace the hard drive ASAP.
Bev.
- ..got an 8100 also, HDD was replaced with an old Deathstar, by IBM.. still running good, but I backup every day almost (going to do a HDD replacement soon)..You can, for sake of humoring yourself, go to the Hitachi website and download the Drive Fitness Test .. this will create a bootable floppy that will run in DOS and do a full diagnostic...but, back-up now!!!!...
@joe_Trunk wrote:
..got an 8100 also, HDD was replaced with an old Deathstar, by IBM.. still running good, but I backup every day almost (going to do a HDD replacement soon)..You can, for sake of humoring yourself, go to the Hitachi website and download the Drive Fitness Test .. this will create a bootable floppy that will run in DOS and do a full diagnostic...but, back-up now!!!!...
Thanks y'alls for help. Looks like I'll be out buying a new HD today.
Another question or 2. Will I need to buy new cable(s), installation software, etc. also, if I buy a 200GB or so HD is it a good idea to partition the drive in 2, 3 or more partitions AND should I go for the FAT32 or NTFS file systems?
Sorry admin if I'm in the wrong forum board for these questions.
Thanks again,
pr0donshesagordie
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Posted April 12th, 2005 19:00
pr0don.If you want a drive larger in the D8100 than 137 Gb, you would need upgrade the BIOS to A09 or XP2 that will support 48-Bit LBA. and would need to be running XP SP1/SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4.I would use a new 80 wire cable, they don't cost very much.As you are running XP, then use NTFS.Bev.shesagordie
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Posted April 13th, 2005 20:00
pr0don.You're welcome.Bev.- sorry.......but Hi again!
I've been reading alot of the posts going waaaay back, about hard drives. Various topics, questions and helpful advise. Also followed the Admins links. Been all around and back again.
Picking a hard drive is obviously down to - amongst other things - personal preference, choice and availability.
I've narrowed my choice down to about 4 makes and am now at a lose in choosing the right one;
Western Digital - Caviar
IBM/Hitachi - DeskStar
Maxtor - DaimondMax Plus 9
Seagate - Barracuda
They all have Ultra DMA Controller, some are 100's others 133's. All run at 7200rpm, most have new fluid dynamic motors, data transfer rate are similar, etc, etc......!
As I want to keep with Win 2000 Pro (SP4)
The BIOS is A09. The existing HDD cable is an 80 wire/40 pin.
Can you point me to where or how I might be able to compare them. Is there a known preference amongst them for say, reliability or some other comparator?
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pr0don - Hi there,I have your same PC. See my other posts for all specs and details. I am upgrading everything including the HDD. I bought the Western Digital Caviar 160 GB 8 MB Cache 7200 rpm IDE HDD from www. powerleap.com when I bought the new PL-P4N 2.8 Ghz CPU with adaptor.I wanted similar durability and quality that Dell originally built the PC with. Good Luck! Tony
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Posted April 11th, 2005 19:00
Wow, quick response, thanks.
Don't suppose running any sort of diagnostic/dialysis it would help.........do you?
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pr0don