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October 20th, 2012 23:00
TARGETED READ TEST FAILS ...!!!!!
Hello, I have Dell Inspiron 1464 (i5 , 3GB ram , 320 GB hdd) and it boots very very slow (more than 45 min). It get hang too much. before it was not like that. I downloaded dell support center and checked it, it says targeted read test fails.
--- then i optimized hdd and checked for bad sector. still same boot problem and HANG .....
----> then i formated my computer ( it took more then 2 hour , before it used to take about 20 min)....
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........... SO what is the problem and how can i fix it .........is this problem with HDD or with board or CPU or etc .... how to fix it ( M I be able to fix it with myself).....
Plzz suggest me ----- thnks
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DELL-Appu S
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October 22nd, 2012 05:00
Hi Poudel,
I understand how frustrating it could be if the computer doesn't function properly. To isolate the issue with hardware or software, let’s run the diagnostics on the computer,
To run the ‘Dell Diagnostics’:
Alternately, check in safe mode:
Please reply is you have any questions.
DELL-Appu S
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October 23rd, 2012 12:00
Hi Poudel,
Hope you were able to perform the diagnostics. Please reply with the findings and if you need further assistance.
Poudel
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October 24th, 2012 06:00
And how does my hard drive got this problem ?? what are the cause that damages hard drive ??? ...................
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Poudel
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October 24th, 2012 06:00
Thank You DELL-Appu S for your help and sorry for late reply. Yup there is the problem with my Hard Drive. it says error and something else ....... other test passes (no error message)......... Now what should i do? should i replace it ?? or can i be able to repair it ??
And can you tell me what does Targeted read test means?? does this problem make computer very very slow ??
thanks
ejn63
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October 24th, 2012 07:00
You do need to replace the drive. Hard drives can fail for any of a host of reasons; they're the least reliable component in any system.
DELL-Royan S
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May 23rd, 2013 08:00
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