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problems restarting (Dell Inspiron)

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  • 29-07-2007 8:20pm
    #1
    qwert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    hope someone can help!

    I have a dell inspiron 630m and when i try to restart it, it shuts down, restarts again and i get the following message -

    [XLDR] ATA error

    and nothing happens!!

    be grateful if anyone knows what this is/how to rectify, restart has never worked properly as far as i know...


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    #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    A little reseach seems to link this error message to your hard drive's partition table. Did you recently install another OS or modify partitions on your hard drive?


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    #3
    qwert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭qwert


    no, haven't changed the os, nor the partitions as far as i know - i only really use it for music, the web and ms office, haven't touched anything system related.

    its been coming up since the first time i tried restarting.


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    #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Did you reflash the BIOS? On one thread in Dell's forums, a reinstall was suggested.


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    #5
    legs11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭legs11


    just take out the hard disk and see if you can salvage anything from another computer get a 2.5 --> 3.5 gender changer

    then format it and slap on a new o/s.


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