2 Dell computers, 2 Failed hard drives in 1 week-- this time 0f00:1344

I’m starting to feel like ‘a regular’ around here.

I posted a few days ago for the first time on this forum regarding 0142 and 0146 error codes on my Studio XPS 8100 desktop. I resolved that problem with a new WD hard drive, and the 8100 is currently running just fine. It’s actually running much better than before the crash since I was able to eliminate a lot of unnecessary software and junk during the system re-install.

My wife’s XPS M1330 notebook running Windows Vista Home Premium on the other hand is not doing so well. It’s been down for several weeks now, and since she’s in the process of migrating over to an iPad, fixing it has not been a priority.

The Studio XPS 8100 fix got me in the mood, so I ran the Pre-boot System Assessment on her computer and everything checked out okay. After researching threads here, I then ran a Custom HDD test and that’s when I started receiving the 0F00:1344 errors.

The first one came early (1-2% in to the test), and it looked like this:

        “Error Code 0F00:1344”

        “Msg:  DISK – Block 69587291: Can’t read, replace disk”

I noted this code and continued on with the test. At 8% in (approximately 30-40 minutes later), I started receiving the same error code every 10-15 seconds with different “Blocked” addresses. I stopped counting after 20 errors and discontinued the test.

Any insight in to this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,