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So, I have a Dell laptop (Dell Inspiron N5110) which I had for 5 years which has a Seagate 500GB hard drive (ST9500325AS). Yesterday, while the laptop was turned off it fell of my desk (2.3 feet) and hit the carpet. I plugged it back in and it started up just fine. No problems, nothing. After tha

Hi I´m not finding SM Bus Controller & USB2.0-CRW drivers. I have looked everywhere and "update driver software" in Device manager isn´t finding them. So isn´t Dell System detect. Both have exclamation marks and device status are "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)There ar

Hi - having some issues with my Dell XPS L702X Laptop - Support Assist has been finding errors with my HDD. I'm out of warranty - I believe I have the original installation discs. Obviously I have to buy a new HDD - is there two HDD ports or only the 1? I've been looking at buying a Seagate SSHD 1

I have a Precision T7500 Service Tag: Service tag removed per privacy policy> | Express Service Code: Express service code removed per privacy policy> that was shipped December 2009. I have recently upgraded to Windows 10 and was thinking about installing a 2.5 inch 500G

I did a new install of Windows 7 last year when Microsoft discontinued support of Windows XP. This year I used the free upgrade to Windows 10 I have an OPTI Plex 755 which is  probably 5 years old. Dell System Detect does not execute after the Windows 10 install.  I printed out the Erro

I recently went from having windows 10 installed to doing a full factory restore to Windows 8.1. Luckily with Alien Respawn the actual recovery wasn't too bad but when I rebooted I lost contact with my storage drive.  Thinking that I may have gone insane that I didn't actually have it, I re-ch

My Disk Drive is broken.... I need to order a new one. Can you direct me to a good replacement for my M6800? Thank you!

Hello, I have a Dell XPS 8500. I read the manual and it indicates that this unit can take an mSATA internal drive. But, the manual did not tell me any sizes? Can I install a SAMSUNG 850 Evo mSATA 1TB mSATA? Thank you!

I'm having a problem with 3 TB drives being detected as 746 GB. I've updated to the latest drivers available from Dell. Shutdown several times. I've also tried using the Intel driver update tool. It detects and old chipset driver but 10.0.27 is installed already and is the latest I've found. I'm out

Hi, Can someone please help me. I need a new hard drive as my old one has died. When I attach my new drive what will happen and what happens to my Windows that I own on my old hard drive. How do I boot my laptop with a new hard drive if they don't come with operating systems on them? If there is an

I have a Dell Studio 540 that is 7 years old. The past couple of months when I press the eject button it tries a couple of times to open but it can't. In order to open it I have to manually open it.   Also from Windows when I right click and try to eject it tries a couple of times and then it

Back in 2013 when I bought my Dell Inspiron 15R se 7520, it was pre-installed with Windows 8.0 OS. Using the Dell B & R software that time, I created the system image of Windows 8.0 in different parts in 3 DVDs. Ever since then, I had then upgraded from Windows 8.0 to 8.1 and last year to 10.

I've got a Dell Studio 540 that is about 7 years old and a couple days ago it wouldn't boot into Windows Vista. I ran a diagnostic and it had error code 2000-0142. I did a factory restore and now the computer boots into Windows. My question is if I get a new hard drive how can I reinstall Windows

XPS L1701X Laptop (running Win 10). Installed a second 500GB WD Hard Drive which is not recognized in BIOS. I updated (flashed) the BIOS to A10, and I updated all the drivers recommended by Dell Support. If I remove the new second drive and move the First (original) drive over to the vacant second

I have an Inspiron 580 running W7 and getting a message saying my HD is dying. Ran chkdsk and showed no errors.  Canno9t locate any recovery disk that came with the computer.  I have a complete backup.  Can anyone tell me what my options are?  If I reformat, how do I get a copy

... I just got a dell xps 8700, last month was unable to use it yet because I need to get a monitor so the PC still in the box. My question is I want to remove the primary hard disk, and install a SSD in there or I have to install someone else?. The SSD will be a Samsung 2TB 850, not sure if the

Will a XPS T700R support a old 5 1/4 floppy drive

Purchased, new XPS 8900 system. After less than one week, already experiencing HDD errors.  Checked with Seagate, downloaded the tool and checked for firmware updates.  None available. Yes, the system is under full warranty and support, but the point here, as I'm hearing repetitious prob

xps750 PC hard dive makes a loud high pitch whirl sound when I power up and the PC will not boot.

Hi everyone, I have an inspiron 5720 returning the error code shown above, with validation code 97707, hdd failure. My main concern is how to retrieve files from the failed hdd. Whats the procedure,