Studio 1737 crashed; cannot restore; cannot clean install W7; says HD - 0 MB

Question

My 1737 shut off suddenly. After a few triesat rebooting I got the error message 'operating system not found' (Vista Ultimate).  Tried to restore, but could not; tried to install W7 Prem, but could not.  Message said the install program could not access the HD; that drivers needed to be installed.  HD driver reinstalled (I think it was) but still could not access the HD.  Tried the system repair and results = 0x0 for all repairs, then I needed to restart to complete repair.  After restart, action was halted a Dell signature page, then there were several beeps... too many to count.  I welcome some advice and support.   Thanks.:emotion-7:

ieee488 · Answer

bad hard drive most likely run extended diagnostics at bootup  F12

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