Hard Drive Dead, 2000-0141 error

manito_dell_user

After installing the new SATA hard drive and reloaded windows, you could install the failed hard drive as the secondary and see if you can recover the files and folders to the new drive, a SATA data cable would be required for this, or buy a powered, USB 2.0, external SATA enclosure, install the failed drive in it, attach to a working computer and see if you can recover the data.

Note: Only files and folders can recovered, all programs and applications must be reinstalled from their discs, or downloaded from the publisher's website.

Bev.

I hope I'll be able to connect to the old drive after installing the new, lot of pics of grandkids I hate to loose. Have some on cd but not all, quess some are better than none. Thanks for the reply

manito_dell_user

Good luck and providing the hard drive is not toast, this procedure should work.

Bev.

My wife's work desktop (DELL Studiio XPS) just failed to boot -- code 2000-0142  also failure of the (1.5 TB) hard drive. Fortunately we had another DELL desk top with a SATA HDD; so was very easy to remove the "failing" one and slave in the other one.  AND FORTUNATELY, was able to read the failing one AND COPY all of her data!!!  I then reinstalled the failing one in its CPU tower and ran DELL's 32-bit diagnostics:  

 http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&docid=266787#HDD

AND there was not doubt that the 1.5 TB HDD was failing!  SOoooooooooooo, while I'm WAITING for DELL CHAT to come online, posting resuts of the test:

DELL 32-bit Diagnostic Test Results: Symptom Tree: Cannot Boot the OS:

SATA DISK S/N XX– Confidence Test -Test Results: Fail, Error Code: 0F00:1332, Msg: DISK Block 36079872: Interrupt Request (IRQ) did not set in time

SATA DISK S/N XX – Device Quick Test-Test Results: Fail, Error Code: 0F00: 0132, Msg: DISK Block 36079872: Interrupt Request (IRQ) did not set in time

SATA DISK S/N XX – Device Self Test (Long)Test Results: Fail, Error Code: 0F00: 0732, Msg: DISK Block 36079872: Interrupt Request (IRQ) did not set in time

SATA DISK S/N XX – Read Test-Test Results: Fail, Error Code: 0F00: 0232, Msg: DISK Block 36079872: Interrupt Request (IRQ) did not set in time

HDD often don't just "freeze up" -- failing completely all at once... they "start" failing and you can work around bad sectors.  SOOOOOO quite likely your pictures, etc. are still available. 

Did you allow it to attempt a self repair -- "Startup Repair" screen?  Sometimes the system will managed to work around bad sectors -- "reload" the operating system to a good sector and actually be able to boot up again!  If you've not done that, you need to at least try. IT may take a few hours, but worth at try.  I've walked away.... and come back hours later to find the sign on screen --- signed on and everything was there and working. BUT I knew it was just a matter of time BEFORE the HDD failed completely. SO back up, back up, BACK UP your data!!!!!

Good Luck!

Unfortunately I never received any warning the drive was going out, I woke one morning with a screen saying the Boot Drive was not available and when I rebooted it came back with the same message. I ran the diagnostics but all it gave me was 2000-0141 drive not available. I've tried a number of times to reboot but with no luck drive is not recognized at all, ordered a new drive that should be here next week. After I install the new and reload all the software I'll try to read the bad drive and save my pictures.

Hi manito_dell_user,

I'm very sorry to hear about losing your drive, but the fact is that most failures come without warning. When you get your new drive, you should also consider a better backup plan for your important files.

Good luck!

SO back up, back up, BACK UP your data!!!!

AMEN to that, brother!

"drive not recognized" is not good... chances are you'll not be able to see / read off of it once you install the new HDD and slave the old one, BUT... then... I've been surprised a time or two....gotten VERY lucky and got my data!  (Yes, I've had those times when I had some data that didn't get backed up -- fortunately never anything critical and so far no loss of "family pics".)

Can you hear the HDD spin up and run?  Or does it just click and not start... or start up but then shut down?  It's possible that your drive's failure is not the actual mechanical parts (the platter & head components), but rather a circuit board issue -- bad component on the board!  AND, since you had to buy the replacement drive and don't have to send in the old drive, you might see if you can find someone with the same drive and try swapping out the drive's circuit board.  Now, I know someone's gonna say that doesn't work b/c the boards are tweaked for the drive, BUT, fyi, there are replacement boards out there to be had on the Internet,  AND there's a good chance it will work...that is "assuming" the circuit board is bad.  (I did a quick search -- here's someone doing just that -- -- and as they say in the video, it's a gamble that the board will fix it.  That's why I look for a like drive (used) in the surrounding community -- thrift stores, computer repair shops, craigslist, freecylce, etc.  

Also / FYI, lest you (or someone else)  think the actual drive case can be disassembled, checked and reassembled  -- think again, you'll need to know all the case's screw torque values and obviously have the proper tools (torque drivers) to put it back together according to the manufacture's specs.  Depending on how critical your data is, there are techs / companys that can recover it.... for a price --- only you know what it's worth.  Again, good luck -- hopefully once you connect it -- either mounted in an external enclosurer with USB connector or with a SATA cable to your current system's board  (assuming the board has a place to plug in another drive SATA cable and there's spare power connection), it'll spin up, show up long enough to grab your data -- just save it directly to your new drive... and for "safety" a 2nd storage media as well.