Seagate Barracuda 7200   160GB SATA HD  

 

never knew it was so dirty in that tower... 

should give your pc a quick cleaning once a month, if you do it once a month it will take a minute or two and done ;)

 

go here and download the seatool

 

let it check your HDD and see if it says it faulty ;)  

what brand is your HDD?

Problem is windows won't load (suppose I should add that to the OP), there's no way I can DL it onto my Dimension. >< I see the SeaTools for DOS, is it possible to DL it on a seperate machine and burn it to a disk? Or does it actually need to be installed from get go.

 

I'll be cleaning my other computers in the mean time <_<. 

you are suppose to use the dos ;) you put in on a cd and then run it from the cd or floppy ;)

Hurray I can get on windows! Ok so.. found 60 or so errors on the HDD and repaired them, everything seems to be running alright. Now I have a slight problem with the graphics lol.

 

Internet Explorer won't run at all (firefox is functioning) and any game I load has awful graphics and moves like a snail. I went to device manager and checked on the display adapters which aren't functioning correctly. What I have is Radeon X600 256MB HyperMemory and another (same) listed as a secondary. Also listed is a 3 1/2 in. floppy drive which doesn't exist. :smileyindifferent: 

 

Anyways, I've tried to disable and enable them to no avail so far.

That's not what I want to hear Dx! I thought I was so close too. lol IE is working now, seems my comp DLs new software everytime i restart it... I'll be working on getting my adapters working. Thanks so much for your help~

the error you were getting was one of a haredware problem, it could be more then one thing.

np my pleasure ;)  

 

if its all ok then you are ok but backup your HDD just incase it goes bad on you ;) seagate lets you do that with their free tool

 

maxblast tool

Very nice, I'll do that. Also, I ran a system restore and everything seems to be functioning normally, graphics are fine now. :)

 

Thanks again!  

good if things are great in a day or two, disable system restore to wipe out the old one and then set it back again and make a restore point so you have fresh working one.

well have you tried restoring to a previous point?

HI I have similar problem with my inspiron 6400, but i'm able to run the windows. problem is my control panel is missing from startup options, also i have problem burning dvd's the software says burning is complete but the dvd remains blank can u help me .

thanks

sri