#TARGETED READ TEST FAILED DELL INSPIRON HOW TO#
I can backup the existing 3 partitions and replace the drives easily enough but it's not clear how to partition the new RAID 1 1Tb drive before restoring the C:, D: and E: partitions from the old 320Gb RAID 1 drive.
I have new 1Tb drives from Dell which I would like to use to replace the existing 320Gb drives and end up with a significantly larger C: drive. The existing RAID 1 drive has 3 partitions on it. I haven't been able to find explicit directions for this process. First thing I'll do once I get it up and running again is create those recovery media that he hasn't!
#TARGETED READ TEST FAILED DELL INSPIRON INSTALL#
What are my options to install the new HDD and put his files back on given I have neither recovery media nor a Windows OS Product Key?Ī) Shrink the partition size on the dodgy HDD to less than 120GB then clone the dodgy HDD onto the new SSD, then try and fix the Windows installation using the Dell recovery tools? (He'd used <120GB of the old HDD).ī) Clone just the Recovery Partitions, then copy the relevant files back on?Ĭ) Try and get a Vista DVD and somehow get the Windows Product Key off the dodgy HDD (there doesn't seem to be a Windows Product key sticker on the laptop, unlike the Toshiba & IBM I've got sitting next to me). When I've previously fixed a laptop I've had access to recovery media / DVDs and a Windows OS Product Key, but this Dell appears to have none of that - just a recovery partition on a now dodgy hard disk drive. When trying to boot normally, Windows Vista complains that there are errors, tries to fix them and sometimes I can get it to boot to the Windows home screen at which point it freezes. The Read Test failed - Error Code 0F00-0232 Msg DISK Block 37006336: IRQ did not set in time. Msg:DISK Block 66381323: Drive aborted the command, update firmware (same for DISK Block 69322993). The Drive also failed to perform the confidence test properly e.g.
I have used a USB Sata disk caddy to successfully copy most of his files off to another PC (some were corrupt), but I'm not sure how to go about installing the OS etc on the new HDD I have purchased (a 120GB Samsung 840 Series SSD).ĭell Diagnostics (F12 on boot up) gives me various HDD errors for the Western Digital 320Gb HDD (WD-WX70A8983788), e.g.:Įrror code 2000-0146 from the DST Short Test. My IT illiterate brother has given me his Dell Inspiron 1545 to fix after he dropped it on the floor.