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October 25th, 2012 15:00
System volume on disk is corrupt
I have an Inspiron 1545 running vista home premium x64 bit. The problem started a few days ago. My computer randomly froze, so I shut it down and rebooted it. But it wouldn't go past the loading screen with the green loading bar. At one point it stayed on that screen for 19 hours. Nothing was working so I reinstalled the os. Once that was done it booted up correctly, but the desktop kept not responding. I shut it down and left it off for a day. Then when I went to boot it up, as soon as it got past the screen with the dell logo, a blue screen with lines of type came up for about 2 seconds then went back to the dell screen and kept doing that. I tried startup repair, and it said the root cause was "system volume on disk is corrupt". I've only had this hard drive since July of this year. Is there any way to repair this without having to buy a brand new hard drive? If not, please let me know how much a new one would cost, since my laptop is no longer under warranty.
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Philip_Yip
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October 25th, 2012 18:00
Looks like you will have to replace the drive. See www.crucial.com and have a look at the solid state drive upgrades. The solid state harddrives are lower in capacity then perhaps the laptop hard drive you have but vastly superior in terms of performance.
asc913
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October 25th, 2012 18:00
I just ran the diagnostic, and the hard drive DST short test failed. Unfortunately I didn't purchase it, it's a replacement that I got while my laptop was still under the warranty when my old hard drive stopped working.
ejn63
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October 25th, 2012 18:00
First thing to do is verify the integrity of the hard drive - F12 at powerup. Boot to the Dell diagnostics and run an extended test on the drive. If it fails,it needs to be replaced. If you purchased the drive, the warranty on the drive should still be in effect.
jescott418
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October 25th, 2012 20:00
If I were you I would pass on the SSD drive. The cost vs speed and storage do not add up for most people. After all the SSD drive is only important booting, loading programs and after that your RAM takes over. Find yourself a decent hard drive because if you go the SSD route don't cheap out. The cheapest ones have been known to start failing after so many rewrites. Google it and you will find many cons about SSD drives. They are not perfect and cheaper ones are worse. Crucial is a good source for memory and drives if you go SSD. Otherwise I have had good luck with Seagate drives.
asc913
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October 28th, 2012 11:00
I'm just going to have to save up some money till I can buy a replacement. This probably isn't important now, but how could it become corrupt? I'm always really careful about what sites I visit and what I download.
ejn63
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October 28th, 2012 11:00
Hard drives fail for any of a host of reasons - and solid state drives, while having no moving parts, aren't immune from failure either.
asc913
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October 30th, 2012 13:00
Just curious, is there any way to get my data off the hard drive now, or is it gone for good?
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