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July 30th, 2006 16:00

Inspiron B120 Boot-up problems

Hello.

I've had this labtop since november, and until recently I've had no problems. However, the 'blue screen of death' starting popping up at random times (Kernel_image_error or something to that effect). After 5-6 days of this, now when I try to boot my computer, after the Dell logo, it goes right into the aforementioned blue death screen - this time saying - Unmountable_boot_volume.

I don't think it's a virus, altho it could be - I had a decent firewall and anti-virus software. Dell online support has led me nowhere, so If anyone has any thoughts or tips, that would be great.

Thanks so much,

Nate
  • ejn63

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    Posted July 30th, 2006 16:00

    A dying hard drive would be first on the list of things to check for. Power on, F12, Dell diagnostic partition, extended test, hard drive.
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    Posted July 30th, 2006 16:00

    Thanks for replying so quickly!

    Failed the DST Short test - Error code 1000-0146. Beeps 1-4-6

    Passed all the tests before and after that, though.

    So... I apologize for my lack of technical knowhow. What does this mean for me and my old friend B120?
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    Posted July 30th, 2006 16:00

    whoops, got ahead of myself - I'm doing the extended test right now.
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    Posted July 30th, 2006 18:00

    Okay, it stops 76% of the way through.

    Error Code 0F00:0244
    Block 36701273: Uncorrectable data error or media is write protected.

    This is as far as I've come. Any Ideas?
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    Posted July 30th, 2006 20:00

    Yes, the hard drive has had it. If you're under warranty, call Dell with the error and ask for a replacement drive.

    If you're out of warranty, I believe you'll find the system uses an EIDE notebook drive.
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    Posted August 2nd, 2006 17:00

    Well, that's no good.

    Would this hard drive work?

    http://www.provantage.com/western-digital-wd800ue~7WNDG275.htm

    I'm pretty sure it will, just thought I'd ask to be 100% on it.

    Also, any ideas of how I can prevent this problem in the future? Or was it just the hard drive... destined to fail.

    Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for all your help!