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August 26th, 2019 12:00
HD parameter has exceeded normal operating range
My grandma has my old Inspirion 545 whit windows 7 home prem. Since a couple of weeks she gets the well know "HD parameter has exceeded normal operating range". But in where others write that their PC is working fine after pressing F1, this PC will not get passed the Windows startup screen. Pressing F12 to do the diagnostic also doesn't work. It won't get passed the DST short test, Satus: attempting to start DST. After 30 min it is still stuck at 0%. I can't find any solution on the forum for this problem so i was wondering if anyone of you has a solution.
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savvy2
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August 26th, 2019 16:00
what a shop does, is run HDD smart tests.
if smart fails the HDD is bad, most are this old.
forget others, ok, vast reasons for windows not to boot (like the endlless longest story on earth long)
what matters first is , HDD good or bad. yours Id say is bad.
but I do test it using tools, just to be sure it is dead. and not just overheated with all case fans dead.
ok?
i run hwinfo32.exe but your PC is dead, a dead PC cant run that unless savvy (win7pe live, with same)
or run linux and run linux live, and see it fail DISKTEST.
or if lucky the F12 will tell you , something better. run the long version of HDD test in diagnostics?
the Old dells are not all that great in telling (HDD IS DEAD just this DST vagness thing.
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December 21st, 2025 03:34
what a shop does, is run HDD smart tests.
if smart fails the HDD is bad, most are this old.
forget others, ok, vast reasons for windows not to boot (like the endlless longest story on earth long)
what matters first is , HDD good or bad. yours Id say is bad.
but I do test it using tools, just to be sure it is dead. and not just overheated with all case fans dead.
ok?
i run hwinfo32.exe but your PC is dead, a dead PC cant run that unless savvy (win10pe live, with same)
or run linux and run linux live, and see it fail DISKTEST.
or if lucky the F12 will tell you , something better. run the long version of HDD test in diagnostics?
the Old dells are not all that great in telling (HDD IS DEAD just this DST vagness thing.