BUMP!

This usually means the HDD needs to be replaced,Descriptor 2>means the drive is having trouble accessing/reading Vista(EDIT):Your OS partition.

You can try to run FIXMBR,but be CAUTIOUS,you will likely LOSE ALL data on the drive doing this.

You could also try and restore the dell factory image.XP>ctrl+f11,Vista>f12

I tried to restore the partition and it crashes all the time when i try it at the same spot

how would i put fixmbr into where i am at?

1- Start up the computer and click F12 to give you the boot-up options.
2- Insert Windows Installation/Recovery CD into CDROM, choose CDROM boot option and click enter.
3- Let the installation process continue until it prompts you "Press R to repair". . .this should then take you into the DOS mode.
4- Type in FIXBOOT and when prompted, press "Y" to start creating the new boot partition. If everything goes right, you should get a message saying the partition was corrupted and a new one was created successfully.
5- Remove the CD and reboot your system, everything SHOULD be ok now.

EDIT:You can also use in step 4,  instead of FIXBOOT,type FIXMBR.

There is just a restore partition, there is no Windows XP Media Center CD at all.

http://chara.epfl.ch/~fsalvi/Windows/ntfs_recovery/recconsole2.html  .

You can find more links for this by googling FIXMBR and FIXBOOT without disk.