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bigdinz

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June 17th, 2005 16:00

error code 1000-0142

I know my hd just went out but I was wondering if anyone knew what this fail code is.
 
I ran the dell troubleshooting disk and the following came up
 
DST SHORT STATUS TEST--FAIL
ERROR CODE 1000-0142
 
ALSO
MSG:UNIT4: DRIVE SELF TEST FAIL

ejn63

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87.5K Posts

June 17th, 2005 17:00

Hard drive has bad sectors - needs to be replaced.

bigdinz

29 Posts

June 17th, 2005 20:00

Yep, thought so.  I'm already looking!

 

Thanks for the reply's!!!

twortattoos1

2 Posts

July 25th, 2007 08:00

i have same prob is there a way and how to disable it till i can afford to buy a new one ty for help

mondoswank

5 Posts

December 11th, 2007 09:00

Before your replace your hard drive when getting this error, try this- Boot from a Windows XP CD and choose Repair at the first prompt to get the recovery console. Type "chkdsk c: /p/r" at the prompt. Repeat until there are no errors found. Exit and reboot. It worked for me.

alezius

1 Message

March 23rd, 2008 06:00

I failed to boot from CD as well

 

It reads: Error loading operating system.

 

It tried to connect my SATA hard disk externally to a PC, it reads Malfunction and failed to install the harddisk.

 

any help? i didnt back up my docs

Mattymatt13

2 Posts

June 17th, 2010 08:00

Mondoswank,

 

Dude, you rock.  That worked for me also.

Kelos

1 Message

May 11th, 2011 12:00

Ah thanks your solution really worked quite well. Can u also help in bypassing the admin password: I used the "administrator" is not working. I logged in using a guest then open C:/WINNT/CONFIG/SAM I tried to delete the SAM file. It cannot be deleted I tried to go to User Account from that window only the Guest account does appear. Since I could have tried to reset it from that. OS is Windows XP (TM)

Praveenbala

6 Posts

May 11th, 2011 17:00

Hello,

 

 

   Bypassing the administrator password will not work in windows xp rather i know how to bypass it in vista or win7. According to me the administrator password in win xp cannot be bypassed. Can u please make me clear the administrator account which u r taking abt has it been listed when u boot the comp in safe mode option. If u needed files to be backed up from the os drive it's simple it can solved by doing a parallel installation with the os disk.

gtriano2

1 Message

February 9th, 2012 08:00

Fantastic. I ran the checkdisk twice and the problem was solved. Thanks!

ejn63

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January 1st, 2013 11:00

Remove the hard drive, mount it in an external case, and attach it by USB to a working system.  Copy what you can still read before you replace the drive.

mrsfluff

22 Posts

January 1st, 2013 11:00

Hi...having the same problem. Ran check once and still having the problem...running it again; hoping for a miracle. If it doesn't work, how do I get my data off the hard drive before replacing it?

mrsfluff

22 Posts

January 1st, 2013 15:00

Thank you much!  Just ordered the case!

maxsaid

1 Message

May 3rd, 2013 12:00

hi-it worked for me-

thank you my friend.

chkdsk c: /p/r  rocks

please give me your email address ur great and wise

.:emotion-1:

Vejay_Sarathy

319 Posts

May 8th, 2013 00:00

Chkdsk will fix the issue temporarily - suggest you to backup the data ASAP and call dell tech support for hard drive replacement provided you have warranty.

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