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TeacherGuy

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November 22nd, 2005 21:00

Maxtor HDD Fail Return Code 7

Hello
I have a Dimension 8400 that crashed rather catastrophically a few days ago. I was able to "repair" the installation using the XP cd and get back into Windows, but the system is still very unstable and unreliable.

I tried using the Dell PC Restore by hitting ctrl-f11 at the dell splash screen but it wouldn't start. I then hit f12 at the dell splash screen and went into the Hard Drive Diagnostics utility which gave me the following error:

Maxtor 7Y250M0 Fail - Return Code 7

So... is there any hope?