OK Im looking to replace my notebook hard drive on my Dell Inspirion 5150…
What steps do I need to take when looking for a replacement…
Sizes, interface… etc? Any help will be appreciated thanks…
- Maniac
the size is 2.5 inch. interface is Ultra ATA/100 IDE/EIDE. and yeah, thats basically all u need to know to replace you hd.
or if you wants to know, how to open up the HDD then you can look in [link=http://supportapj.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/index.htm]Dell™ Inspiron™ 1100, 5100, and 5150 Service Manual [/link] anytime.
[ot]Btw, I’ve got the same N/b but its faulty. I m trying to figure it out, whats wrong with it. Hopefully I will come out with a solution soon.[/ot]
OK thanks for the help on type i prob. need…
Little Background:
I recently was experienceing extreme slowdown problems and over all unsatisfactory performance. I wen ahead and try to reformat and reinstall windows…
Upon deleting all of my partition and creating a new one… I end up with this screen countless times.
-Steup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged.
Make ure the drivce is switched on and properly connected to your computer. If The Disl is a SCSI disk, make sure your SCSI devices are properly terminated. Consult your computer manual or SCSI adapter documentation for more imformation.
You must select a different partition for Windows XP.
To COntinue, press ENTER -
Help Please 
If you have a USB 2.5 HDD case then you can check with it. Thats how I do it… Also, if you have another laptop then you can check with that as well
OK small update, I’ve tried deleting the partition and create a new one… still no luck same eroor mesage comes up…
I was wondering if it is indeed only my HDD that is causing the problems or is it something else that i need to look at?
Thanks,
-Maniac
What state is your hard drive in now?
What I suggest you do is visit bootdisk and download the Windows XP boot disk.
Boot your computer from the disk, then once you are at the DOS prompt type:
chkdsk /f