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Dexter_UK

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July 22nd, 2006 15:00

DIMENSION 9150 HARD DRIVE NOISE

HI THERE, JUST PURCHASED A DIMENSION 9150 IM GETTING A REALLY ANNOYING NOISE FROM THE HARD DRIVE LIKE A CRACKLING NOISE NEARLY ALL THE TIME THE HARD DRIVE IS WORKING, ANY HELP PLEASE?
 
P.S. IF I GET THE HARD DRIVE REPLACED BY DELL WILL THE TECHNICIAN ALSO REINSTALL ALL MY PROGRAMMES THAT COME PRE LOADED ON THE SYSTEM AND ALSO SET MY ROUTER UP AGAIN, PLEASE HELP
 
Dexter_UK

shesagordie

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July 22nd, 2006 19:00

Dexter_UK wrote:
 
HI THERE, JUST PURCHASED A DIMENSION 9150 IM GETTING A REALLY ANNOYING NOISE FROM THE HARD DRIVE LIKE A CRACKLING NOISE NEARLY ALL THE TIME THE HARD DRIVE IS WORKING, ANY HELP PLEASE?
 
Try running Dell diagnostics extended test on the hard drive. Reboot the computer, when the Dell logo appears, press F12, a boot device list appears, highlight the "Boot to Utility" partition and press "Enter".
 
As this is a new system, you should contact Dell UK, ASAP about this.
 
P.S. IF I GET THE HARD DRIVE REPLACED BY DELL WILL THE TECHNICIAN ALSO REINSTALL ALL MY PROGRAMMES THAT COME PRE LOADED ON THE SYSTEM AND ALSO SET MY ROUTER UP AGAIN, PLEASE HELP
 
Again, you should talk to Dell about this.   Dell may send you, a pre-image hard drive as the replacement, but in case Dell ships a bare hard drive, make certain that you have all the CDs for a manual reinstallation of XP.    Regards to the router, if this was installed by you, then it's your responsibility, to reinstall it.
 
Bev.
 
 
 

Dexter_UK

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July 22nd, 2006 20:00

THANX FOR YOUR REPLY BEV,

I WILL TALK TO DELL AND MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT BRING A BARE HARD DRIVE.

CAN YOU TELL  ME ARE THERE MANY PROBLEMS WITH NOISES COMMING FROM THE HARD DRIVE??? BEFORE THIS PC HAD AN ATHLON 750 FOR 5 YEARS NO NOISE AT ALL.

THANX FOR YOUR HELP APPRECIATE IT.

Dexter_UK :smileywink:

shesagordie

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July 22nd, 2006 21:00

Dexter_UK
 
Some brands can be noisier than others, plus it could be a faulty drive. There have been failure problems with Maxtor, this has been well documented on these boards.
 
Bev.

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