HELP I have a Dell Dimention 9150 I have formated and reset partitions and now have a dead pc it does not find my HD the SATA drivers are gone So how do I start a gain Got drivers on disc but no good Ineed to boot and get drivers in then load XP Dell forum shut down help only for 1yar bunch of shits as I got them a sale to a friend last month. what a bad story they are..... no help no mind no responsability I will tell every one not to buy a DELL
Yea, the dell support isn't great at all, since they're all in India... But anyways, is the Sata actually plugged in to the mobo? Can your BIOS see the sata?
As waymon said. See if you BIOS recognizes the drive. Also see if you can update the BIOS by downloading it from the dell website. http://support.dell.com/support/dow...IMENSION 400/9150&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=
You may want to start with the hard drive diagnostics. When you start the computer you see the Dell logo Press the F12 key. This will bring up a menu Towards the bottom of the list you should see The option to select the IDE diagnostics. Run this it will take a few minutes. If it comes up with an error code write it down and call Dell tech support, explain the steps you took and the error code.
yeah i have a dell too but i rather ask ppl here as they'll be more helpful than dell. if he no longer has warranty then they wont help. they dont care what the problem is. its all about the money. try the steps. we'll help you get it working again.
OK its a new day Got Dell drivers on this pc how do I get them onto the Dell. if I put the XP disc in it starts to load first lot of drivers then it brings up a mesage can't find hard drive and F3 to exit. I got no disc with pc I looked into the set up as asked and the hard drive is not listed there are 4 sata slots all turned off 2 pata slots for the cd/dvd drives I tried factore defaults but no joy.
How to install the drivers. Boot the windows cd As it starts up there is a status bar at the bottom of the screen. It will dispay a message that says To load third party driver hit the F6 key. Just follow the prompts.
try disconnecting it and reconnecting the wire. its probably loose. dell computers are suppose to pick up the hdd without drivers. it could also be a faulty drive. were you having trouble with it before you wiped it out?
Dell has a very good user Forum it's not shut down. http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board?board.id=dim_other
It was the last time I looked . Anyway a big THANKS again to Afterdawn I did the thing with the S comand and got the drivers in. I had to do it many times as each restart blow them out . Can you help now pc is OK how can I plan for next format. Should I creat a small partition and put the drivers in that. the only way I could get the SATA drivers in was bt flopy disc. not easy can I make a boot disc? THANKS onces again and up U's Dell.How would make a pc that could not be formated without all this hard work.
On the above points the drive was never picked up only when a used flopy driver. :Last crash cost me £40 at AW computers in Dundee even he had a hard time with the drivers. All through this the HD was not working but it did appear in some screens in set up. I realy need a boot disc for this. now I have to go get drivers for all the other stuff one at a time can you give me a solution. Can I just say may old pc from AW boots every time you can kick its ass and all you need to do is format and away it goes. Dell what are you playing at.
Indeed. Dell make decent quality products. As for the support, their returns are quite good I think, it's just tech support they're lacking, and why not just come here instead?
OK now I have it up and running. In the boot it stops and asks for F1 or F2 how do I resolve that. The drivers bit is a total mess how can I make a disc to save loading all these drivers one by one and if this can be done would it be worth partitioning again and making a small partition for these drivers. could any one tell me from the driver page what I need to run the pc and what is not realy needed. As for some of the above they have obviously never had to fix a Dell from scratch.
I can assure you, it will be exactly the same with any other company. As for the drivers, that'd be the smart thing to do. A separate partition, while it would be good, would be very difficult to make on a drive you've already installed windows on. It may be worthwhile making a backup CD or copying the drivers to an additional or external hard drive. As for needing to press F1 at startup, that suggests there's been an error. What does it say before demanding you press F1?
No, far from it. Dell are much like any large corporation, their tech support is pretty awful unless you're making a warranty return, in which case it'll be very good, assuming you paid an absolute fortune for a care package.
