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Hi, I don't know if I am on the right forum, so apologies if I'm not. Maybe someone can direct me to where I would get help with this.
I have formatted the hard disk drive before, with difficulty, because although the picture is centred fine in Windows XP, when in DOS and trying to follow the instructions, the picture is slewed to the left and therefore some of the text on that side is missing. Is there anything I can do to correct this?
Sara-Ann
DELL-Jesse L
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October 24th, 2008 16:00
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
What picture are you talking about? Do you mean the format screens?
sara-ann
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October 24th, 2008 17:00
Hi Jesse,
I should have said I have a Dimension 8250, it is the screens you see when you use the reinstallation CD. I have had two blue screens in the last few days and it seems my hard disk drive is "aging or failing" but I thought I would give it one last format. It is 6 years old now.
Thanks,
Sara-Ann.
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October 26th, 2008 22:00
X3lectric
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October 26th, 2008 23:00
6 years old thast not old thats ok they usually have a 100.000 hours BMTF thats something like 11 years
Anyway HDD's now are so cheap they nearly pay you to take them...
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October 27th, 2008 14:00
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October 27th, 2008 14:00