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ScriptBlue
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October 3rd, 2004 23:00
Physicall Memory Dump and the Impact on your computer??
Just last week I had two Dell Inspirons right next to each other and I had a Linux ISO cd. I put the CD into my Inspiron 2650 and left it there; within a an hour or so the computer crashed and it said, "Physicall Memory Dump" I turned my computer off before the memory dump finished and restarted, and Windows was corrupted so I tried reinstalling it. When I booted the Windows CD I went to repair, and it said it didn't find any old version of Windows, or any other partitions! Then I accidentally put a password on my hard drive, the pass was a; and it didn't accept it! Then I put my Linux ISO cd into my other computer, an Inspiron 5150, which too then crashed! I left it on for about 20 mins to finish its memory dump (even thou it only took it like a min). Then I restarted my computer. Everything on my computer was a bit unusually slow and sluggish; and it still kinna is like that after I repaired Windows over 3 times and I defragment my hard drive everynight. So could someone please try to explain to me what might've gone wrong? And is my Inspiron 2650's hdd corrupt? And what can I do to get my Inspiron 5150's computer's speed back or is this permanent?
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Posted October 4th, 2004 19:00
my hdd failed all but one test... is the password stored on the hard drive or in bios?608
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Posted October 4th, 2004 20:00
If you set a hard drive password it is store on the Hard drive. If you set a BIOS password it is stored in the BIOS. That way if someone were to steal the Hard drive out of your system it would still be secure. But if your Hard drive failed all but one of the tests then, it definintely needs replaced. So if you have an active warranty call Dell Tech Support and tell them that your Hard drive failed the 32 bit diags. And they can get another one sent out to you.
Once your hard drive is replaced it should get rid of the Hard drive password.
Let me know what happens,
Neo Kinkade
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Posted October 5th, 2004 00:00
lol
~Claps for ScriptBlue~ Glad you got it fixed. Good luck.
Neo Kinkade
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Posted October 5th, 2004 00:00
ok i fixed everything, i cracked the pass and flashed bios by overloading it. then i simply changed up the settings regarding ide controllers in bios and set it straight, and now the hardworks and so does windows! but i'm gonna install linux on it too608
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Posted October 5th, 2004 02:00
thk you, however tomorrow, i'm going to reinstall winxp on my inspiron 5150, and my dell desktop, and hopefuly i'll be able to harvest the 40 GB, 7200 RPM, SCSI hard drive from my replay tv for my desktop, and even mod it
Neo_Kinkade
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Posted October 4th, 2004 17:00
Do a clean reinstall on the 5150 instead of a Repair. That is part of the problem. If you just set a Hard drive password you can run Diags by going into the BIOS and setting it to boot to CD first then put in your Inspiron Resource CD. And extended diags on the Hard drive. If it passes then your Hard drive is fine just password protected if it fails then you have a bad Hard drive.
Either way you need to call Dell Tech Support and either get help with removing the Password or run the diags and if it fails replace the Hard drive.
Let me know what happens,
Neo Kinkade
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