Wrench97 Administrator, Hardware Expert Staff member Joined Feb 20, 2012 Posts 3,070 Location S.E. Pennsylvania Jul 4, 2012 #61 Put it in and reinstall windows and all the software. WD and Seagate both have tools on their web site to clone the existing drive on to the new one.
Put it in and reinstall windows and all the software. WD and Seagate both have tools on their web site to clone the existing drive on to the new one.
J JoeBloggs Active member Joined Jun 30, 2012 Posts 37 Jul 5, 2012 #62 I need to get one first. I don't have any windows disks or anything. I do have an external drive if that helps?
I need to get one first. I don't have any windows disks or anything. I do have an external drive if that helps?
Wrench97 Administrator, Hardware Expert Staff member Joined Feb 20, 2012 Posts 3,070 Location S.E. Pennsylvania Jul 5, 2012 #63 Not having the Windows disks may be a problem if the drive can't be cloned for some reason.
J JoeBloggs Active member Joined Jun 30, 2012 Posts 37 Jul 5, 2012 #64 Wrench97 said: Not having the Windows disks may be a problem if the drive can't be cloned for some reason. Click to expand... I'm pretty sure that I never got any discs with it
Wrench97 said: Not having the Windows disks may be a problem if the drive can't be cloned for some reason. Click to expand... I'm pretty sure that I never got any discs with it
Wrench97 Administrator, Hardware Expert Staff member Joined Feb 20, 2012 Posts 3,070 Location S.E. Pennsylvania Jul 5, 2012 #65 They were optional at different times, you had to request them. You can still order them here> http://support.dell.com/support/top...ackupcd_form?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1
They were optional at different times, you had to request them. You can still order them here> http://support.dell.com/support/top...ackupcd_form?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1
J JoeBloggs Active member Joined Jun 30, 2012 Posts 37 Jul 6, 2012 #66 I'm in the UK though so I'll have to search their UK site
J JoeBloggs Active member Joined Jun 30, 2012 Posts 37 Jul 9, 2012 #67 We had a power cut yesterday. Now the machine won't boot ar all.... The screen just says: Loading PBR for descriptor 2...done. A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
We had a power cut yesterday. Now the machine won't boot ar all.... The screen just says: Loading PBR for descriptor 2...done. A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
V Vir Gnarus BSOD Kernel Dump Expert Joined Mar 2, 2012 Posts 474 Jul 9, 2012 #68 Use your windows cd to access Windows Recovery Environment (WRE) and then do a chkdsk /r #: where # is the drive letter for your windows partition, then follow up with a fixboot (do not do fixmbr). You will want to use the recovery environment on the disk. Do not access the one from the drive (if you even can). Otherwise, if those don't work, your power cut prolly just bugged out your drive/motherboard/psu.
Use your windows cd to access Windows Recovery Environment (WRE) and then do a chkdsk /r #: where # is the drive letter for your windows partition, then follow up with a fixboot (do not do fixmbr). You will want to use the recovery environment on the disk. Do not access the one from the drive (if you even can). Otherwise, if those don't work, your power cut prolly just bugged out your drive/motherboard/psu.