pull out the drive and reseat it, which mean pull it out and put it back in.

if it's in warranty call dell, if not you can get good deals here.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Home.jsp

Do any stores like officemax or office depot sell laptop harddrives?  Also ok if I freeze it and want to transfer to a new harddrive how would I go about this with a laptop?

Thanks

Thanks for the tip ill try it

since you reseated it and it doesn't show up in the bios, it sounds like the drive is toast. some people have had luck in just puting the drive in a zip lock bag and put it in the freezer overnite and then back in the system to recover data. I have had luck on a bad drive just tapping it on a table to get it to work. it doesn't sound good for you.

good luck

No warranty computer is almost 4 yrs old

Hows this?  My current drive is 10MB and 4200 RPM

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH!!!

Description: 20 Gigabyte Hard Drive


Kahlon Part No: KDEL-20.0JC
OEM Part No: n/a

Description: 20 Gigabyte Hard Drive

Price:
$115.00


Specification
Capacity 20 GB Notebook Hard drive


Max Height / Width 12.7 mm / 69.85mm


Data Transfer Rate 100MB/Sec


Average Seek Time 13 ms


Interface ATA-2/3/4/5


Rotational Speed 4200 rpm


Performance 100% Compatibility Guaranteed

got one here for 83.00

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductList.jsp?ThirdCategoryCode=011006

i would go for a 5400 rpm for about the same cost.

Thanks but the one you posted is 9.5mm high and mine is 12.7mm does this make any difference?

not al all. the older one were thicker and new tech it got smaller the mounting hole will be the same.

Thanks again for all your help.  Hopefully the freezer method will work and I can save some of my files.  I will let you know if the new HD works

 

Ryan

Hey guys....I have the same problem with my Inspiron 1150 but I dont know how to take the Hard Drive out of the laptop....If you guys could help me with that, it would be muchly appreciated  . Also, if I do manage to take out the hard drive, will that void my Dell warranty?

this should help and no it does not, it does if you damage your system doing it.

http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins1150/sm/hdd.htm#1084976