HDD failure

crusod

Error 0146 indicates a failed/failing hard drive or bad drive sector.   This means your hard drive will need to be replaced.

If your computer does not have a Dell warranty in effect, I doubt that Dell will replace the hard drive, therefore you will need to buy the replacement and install it, followed by reinstalling Windows, drivers and the applications.

You might be able to extend the warranty, for this you will need to contact Dell, for the cost of the warranty extension.
  
Bev.

i've tryed contacting dell t.s. but to no avail. seems dell support is warranty for device as a whole not for any replacement parts they may have done. trying my luck with the hard drives manufacture. since dell seems uninterested.  

i've tryed contacting dell t.s. but to no avail. seems dell support is warranty for device as a whole not for any replacement parts they may have done. trying my luck with the hard drives manufacture. since dell seems uninterested.

i've tryed contacting dell t.s. but to no avail. seems dell support is warranty for device as a whole not for any replacement parts they may have done. trying my luck with the hard drives manufacture. since dell seems uninterested.

i've tryed contacting dell t.s. but to no avail. seems dell support is warranty for device as a whole not for any replacement parts they may have done. trying my luck with the hard drives manufacture. since dell seems uninterested.

yeah so im S.O.L. next time ill buy a pc from a company not using substandard parts. 2 dead hard drives in 2 years.

 crusod

Unfortunately it does happen, I had a new hard drive fail in less than 30 days after installation and others fail within the year.

Dell hard drives are exactly the same drives that are sold retail, except the warranty is by Dell, not the manufacturer like the retail drives

Bev.

main difference being if i had just bought a new hard drive myself when the first one failed i would have had a 3 year warranty as a posed to the 1 year with dell for the same part oh well live and learn and go hdd shopping.

Seagate is still offering 5 year warranties.

So is Western Digital on some models -- like Seagate, basic drives now carry much shorter warranties.  Only the high performance models have longer warranties.

This week I replaced the hard drive in my Studio XPS 8100 due to 0142 and 0146 error codes. I researched this purchase a lot before making a decision... Seagate warranties are now 1 yr only unless you buy the Baracuda XT version and it's three; Western Digital's "Black" version is 5 years, while their "Red" is 3 years and the "Blue" and "Green" models are both two years. I picked-up a Blue model at the local Micro Center store and added the 3year replacement plan for 19.99.