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Hard drive replacement twice on Inspiron 1545 why?
my son has used a 1545 for school which was purchased in 2010. We replaced the hard drive in jan 2012. Now I find the hard drive failed again and needs replacement. Is that possible? Hard drives fail that frequently?
Ran Diagnostic -
Device: Hard drive
Test: DST Short Test
Status: Attempting to start DST -
comes up with: error code 146;
msg error code 2000-146;
msg: hard drive 1 - self test log contains previous error(s) The given error code and message can be used by Dell technical support to help diagnose the problem.
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November 17th, 2013 16:00
It's possible - but did you clear the event log after you replaced the drive initially? The error could point back to the initial failure - and not be a symptom of another drive that has failed.