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hridi777
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November 6th, 2014 06:00
My laptop is dell Inspiron n4050.
HDD: 320 GBOperating System: Windows 7 Ultimateservice Pack 1
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ejn63
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November 6th, 2014 07:00
If you have not surface tested the drive (F12 at powerup - boot to the Dell diagnostics and run an extended -- NOT just quick -- test on the drive), that'd be the place to start. Sounds like the drive has bad sectors in the boot area.
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ejn63
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November 6th, 2014 07:00
If you have not surface tested the drive (F12 at powerup - boot to the Dell diagnostics and run an extended -- NOT just quick -- test on the drive), that'd be the place to start. Sounds like the drive has bad sectors in the boot area.