Dell Inspiron 1545 error code 0146:2000-0146

Question

hello, I'm new to this forum.I was defragging my drive, and had it set to shut down after defrag for the umpteenth time. I let it defrag overnight while I was sleeping. I wake up, open the lid and find a blank screen with power light still on so I feared the worst and held power button to shut down. I started it up and found this message"Boot Sector Not Found". I then try to fix the probs by system recovery but the process only went halfway through and finally I run a diagnostic test on the computer. When it gets to the Hard Drive Self test, it fails, saying the above error codes. I looked it up and it means that my hard drive is kaput.

Is this true? If so, how do I get my laptop to Dell for replacement/repairs?

Thanks in advance. :emotion-1:

-ktm otaku

ejn63 · Answer

You do need a replacement drive.  Contact Dell support with the error - they'll send you a drive;  the hard drive is customer-replaceable.

LaptopNomad · Answer

Case you got some precious data on the disk - put it in a external USB2.0 enclosure and access it from a different computer

When it's unreadable, try Partition Recovery to repair the MBR / Partition Table and rebuild the file list.

Copy it to a different disk, never write on disk with write failures.

ktm otaku · Answer

Thank you for that advice, but I'm ok with losing my data and plus, the really important files that can't be downloaded again are on another computer, and a fresh start would probably increase performance.

CTG_8273 · Answer

W.O.W a 1545 that already had a drive failer. Was it a Western Digital drive? I am wondering something when dell ship out replacemeant drives to customers is the OS installed and all the dell partitions? The diag and recovery? I had a Gateway once and had a drive replaced. Gateway sent the drive and when I put it in and turned on the computer XP setup began without even useing my disk. Another way to get important info is to use a live linux CD boot to it connect an external

HDD and get the data off that way if possible.

ktm otaku · Answer

Thank you. I've called Dell today and they've dispatched my replacement. I should have it by Tuesday or Wednesday

ktm otaku · Answer

yeah. I haven't even had it for 5 months. As for the replacement contents, i don't know whether or not dell bothers to  do that but i will find out in 2-3 business days when I come home from school and install the HDD.

ejn63 · Answer

The new drive will arrive blank - though it should be possible to request a pre-loaded replacement drive.

ktm otaku · Answer

ok, so that means that i have to install Vista Home Premium when the Hard Drive is installed, yes?

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