
UNSOLVED
Hard-disk drive failure message
My Inspiron 530 with Vista operating system sometimes wakes itself from sleep mode and goes to a black screen with the message "Hard-disk drive failure. Press F1 to continue, F2 to enter SETUP." If I enter setup and click "save and exit" without changing anything it restarts windows successfully. I don't know if this is just a software glitch or a warning that my hard drive might be headed for failure. Any advice will be much appreciated!
Responses (3)
Solutions (0)

ejn63
11 Legend
•
87469 Posts
•
321256 Points
1054
0
Posted May 7th, 2011 14:00
Run an extended diagnostic on the drive. F12 at powerup.