Cleaning of partition XPS 420 (software Dec 2008)

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• New Dell XPS 420 Disk Partition/Division

  Hi all

  I just received my new Dell XPS 420 with 500 GB drive.  Default disk configuration is 1 BIG partion (unless of course another partition for the recovery disc).

  I need my drive partitioned at least 2 or 3 scores, however there is no option to specify your wishes for the disk partitioning when you order from Dell Online (I hope they have this option in the future).

  I was thinking two things to work around this problem:

  (1) use the Windows Vista 'Shrink the Volume' feature to shrink the C drive in the smallest size and create a new volume for my data.

  2) restore from "Restore the Image" but I don't know if you can specify the partition of drive during the restoration of the image.

  Any advice would be much appreciated.

  Thank you

  
  

• XPS 420 - HARD drive failed, performing a clean install of Vista on the new HARD drive.

  Hey everybody,

  My on my XPS 420 HARD drive failed and I'm trying to reinstall Vista using the disc that came with my machine back when I bought it.

  I bought a new WD10EZEXAZ (1 TB Serial ATA HDD), he rose in the same dwelling as my old HDD (ST3750630AS * Barracuda 7200.11*). I start the PC and goto Setup, it recognizes the HARD drive in the blue menu.

  Then I boot with the CD of Vista that came with my system. I proceed as indicated through the following url:

  Clean install of Vista

  After its copied files, expanded the files, installed features, updates installed... it goes to "Complete Installation" and throws an error message: "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on a hardware on this computer."

  I tried a few things I've seen posted on the internet, including trying to run msoobe.exe via command line. When I did, it allows me to Setup user... but finally I get sent to this message of error or another telling me I have to reinstall Windows.

  I read else where some hard disks may not compatible with the Dell disk provides with my OEM machine. If this is the case, can someone advise? I really didn't want to spend $100 one another on a Windows 7 disc, but I feel like this may be my only option... but even in this case, I'm not so sure this will work or the other.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated,

  Tony

  UPDATE *.
  Did some more research, I discovered my new drive HARD is an advanced HDD format... not sure if it has nothing to do with my problems (by www.wdc.com/advformat Vista should not need to perform the work before the OS being installed), but thought I would mention it.

  Thanks again for any help.

  ****************

  Seems that I found the solution to my problem.

  Problem has been fixed by going into the BIOS and change the Mode of Port SATA to IDE/native/AHCI native. After that, the installation worked without any problems. Seems that Windows Setup did not like the port mode is set to RAID.

  Just thought I would post back everybody incase has had the same problem.

• (Redirected) Need to update my Windows Vista on a computer XPS 420

  I have a XPS 420 I bought in 2008.  He is currently under Vista Home Premium, I'm sure that this is not tested for Windows 10, but what version of Windows can EASILY pass to?  Vista support is soon to end, so I'm looking to upgrade so I'll have a system that is more up-to-date with more years of support.  Thank you

  mattbryant01

  Best of this post in the Forum OS from Microsoft here:
                                          
  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/software-OS/f/3524.aspx

  Bev.

• My XPS 420 says that my H/D is almost full.

  But I only got it a little more than 2 months, and I know that it is far from complete.

  The drive is a 750 GB and the system said only 64 GB free.

  I did clean disk and Defrag, I looked through all the files on the disk, including the most hidden and arrive at about 80-100 GB used.

  There is a recovery partition on the disk that is 15 GB, but leaves again about 635 GB missing somewhere?

  Anyone have any ideas?

  Thanks in advance

  Andy

  XPS 420

  Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit)

  4 GB of Ram

  Quad core Q6600 @2. 40 GHz

  
  

• Can I download drivers for Dell XPS 420 girl (windows xp) on my computer (Dell Studio 17 Windows 7) on a cd instead of install on my computer?

  I done a clean install on Dell XPS 420 after a crash.  Windows XP works fine, but it continues to ask that drivers can be installed before I can get on my internet which is At & T DSL with external modem.  When I try to go on the internet, it gives me the error of pilots.  I had what I thought, it was the disk drivers that came with the computer, but when I installed and then it is still asking for the correct drivers.  I called At & t for their support and they said I needed drivers.  That's why I came to Microsoft to download the drivers on my Dell Studio 17 on a cd, so I can load them onto the computer Dell XPS 420.  I was afraid to install on my computer because my Windows 7 running.

  I don't know if I can load my Windows 7 and its drivers on the dell Xps 420.  It was a solution, I thought, but I'm not that computer from common sense to see if that might spoil the Dell XPS 420.   Any help would be appreciated.

  Using another computer, go to the Dell support website and search the Windows XP drivers for your specific model number. Using your Dell's Service tag number is the fastest way to get the correct drivers.
  http://support.Dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=Gen

  If there is then Windows XP Download drivers into a folder (with subfolders named "Chipset", "LAN", "Audio", etc) on your hard drive and burn all files on a CD driver.

  Then, insert the CD into the computer XPS 420 and install all of the driver files, starting with the mother/chipset, SATA, Firewire card drivers (1394), LAN, Audio, etc, and so on.

  For the problems of graphics card check download site of the manufacture of the graphics card for the latest Windows 7 drivers for your card.
  ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
  NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• After reinstallings windows xp on dell XPS 420, he will not recognize modem and modem support moved disk

  I have a Dell XPS 420 I got help from this forum - reloaded Windows XP - reformatted successfully in car and now have Windows XP on the drive.  When I try to connect to the internet and set up this internet connection - will not recognize the modem.  When I put the disc inside modem will automatically the configuration menu of the computer.  I don't know what else to do.  I have AT & T internet service that worked perfectly before the reformat Windows XP works fine.

  Hello

  Refer to this link and check:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_other-windows_update/XP-SP3-wont-recognize-internal-software-modem/06471daa-c761-4CE3-a8a6-ee01f5629852

  It will be useful.

• Dell XPS 420 with Vista Home Premium, replaced the hard drive, download now blue screen errors

  My girlfriend has a desktop Dell XPS 420 quit working a year or 2 ago. A computer technician told me that it sounded as if the hard drive was bad, recently I purchased from Dell, a Seagate 1 TB hard drive (the original is a Western Digital 320 GB).

  I bought also, once again from Dell, a copy of its installation discs for Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

  I installed the new hard drive, correctly, as far as I can tell, but I tried several times over the past days to install Vista and a few times I got errors (BSoD) STOP and a few other times, Windows Installer errors.

  What's wrong?

  I run Dell diagnostics that took almost a whole day, but I don't think anything. I have not partitioned the hard drive, it's like 931 GB.

  I think that may be something related to the RAM, but I'm not sure.

  Thanks for any help.

  Hello

  Here is the information on the Dell Diagnostics:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?docid=52057

  And Dell has provided information on how to reinstall Vsta using their recovery disks.

  "Manually reinstall your Windows Vista operating system"

  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/KCS/document?c=us&CS=19&l=en&s=DHS&docid=DSN_339949&isLegacy=true

  For more information, try the Dell Support Forums.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/default.aspx

  See you soon.

• drive eSATA on XPS 420

  I recently bought a RAID battery external LaCie 2big Quadra to use among a few computers. This external RAID array has just 2 hard drives that I currently have in RAID 0. It can connect to a computer via USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800 and eSATA. I need this because only my XPS eSATA and I need the eSATA write speed on my XPS while I occasionally have read data from USB on other computers. Read around, people say that the eSATA port is only intended to be used in RAID mode with an internal hard drive. This has never explained when I bought my XPS and he said that the eSATA port is for adding hard drives in the user manual. He said nothing about that only work in RAID. Read around, I also found people who had the chance with the Western Digital drives, get these work simply as another external hard drive only.

  I currently have a single hard drive inside my computer and I can't clear all information (Yes, critical information is saved on a USB hard drive). I want to use my LaCie external hard drive with eSATA port, but not in RAID mode with my internal hard drive. The LaCie is already a RAID 0 array. It seems that this can be done. Dell has announced the eSATA port as an eSATA port for adding hard disks capable external eSATA, do not set up a RAID array.

  As of now, when I plug in my XPS 420 via eSATA LaCie hard drive, he installed new drivers for the ATA Channel 1. and in the Device Manager, by looking at the properties of ATA Channel 1 shows that there are 2 devices supported on the channel. It must be LaCie hard drives, but... I do not see the partitions (I have 2 there right now) pop up in my computer.

  I am VERY surprised no one has mentioned this clearly in another thread.

  I decided to risk everything and go with my instinct.

  I tried to update my downloads page of the Intel ICH9 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 with drivers ICH9 SATA AHCI of the package on the computer XPS 420 Intel Matrix Storage Manager. After that, so I got a BSOD and my computer restarted. During the restart, even before taking the trouble to solve the problem of possible new driver, I created, I went into the BIOS to RAID Autodetect / ATA Mode of RAID for the hard drive I had in my computer. Vista booted up, installed new drivers for HDD and other IDE like my DVD - RW devices. and wamo, everything works. I plugged in my LaCie external hard drive via the eSATA port, and now I see it as a hard drive in my computer. It didn't remove this device as the eSATA is like having the external drive as a hard drive is internal.

  Now, when my computer starts, a new screen appears for a few seconds for the Matrix Storage Manager there. It says press Ctrl + I to set up RAID or RAID settings. I have just to leave the screen sitting there for 2-3 seconds and start as I always have.

  With RAID in BIOS, Vista will not even use the ICH9 SATA AHCI drivers, I tried to install, it installed new drivers, it automatically finds when Vista starts after turning on the RAID. So the solution to my problem was simply turn on RAID in the BIOS... which, as a side effect, light the eSATA port.

  So to be clear, you have a hard disk or several internal hard drives and uses a drive eSATA hard, but not in any RAID mode. You turn on the RAID in the BIOS, but simply never none of the drives set up RAID.

  I did have to reinstall Vista or whatever it is.

  NOTE: I have updated the BIOS version A03, A06 before doing any of this.

• XPS 420 Raid Vista

  Hello, Johnyik here: box have XPS 420 Vista multimedia Ultimate with raid 1, two 750 GB drives, which is a failure. My instinct is to improve and replace with 1 TB drives, but how this work with the existing software of Intel, IE. can I add a 1 TB drive, copy it, and then add a second procedure and repeat without Add - ons?

  Thank you very much!

  Johnyik

  Unfortunately, no: If you do this, you will end up by with two 750 G readers again (a mirrored pair table cannot be larger than the smallest disk).

  You will need to use a utility of cloning such as speakers or similar to make an image on an external drive, build the new table, and then restore the image.

• How many cables needed to install HD 2nd on XPS 420

  I bought a 2n HD for my XPS 420. I went on the 'Dell' site which had
  'recommended' for my system upgrade parts. I bought a (WD
  Cavier BLK 1 to 6 G/s SATA 7200 RPM 64 MB 5). Whenever I added a second HD
  a pc there was always at least 1 cable/cables available to add at least 1
  additional component. There was 1 end of extra cable, but only 1. Primary school
  a 2 cables. 1 that looks like the extra (I admit this is the)
  ('SATA' because it plugs into the new drive with ease) the second looks like
  like it could be a power cable. I tried to go back to see if it happened to
  the food, but I was unable to follow. The new drive is not recognized
  by 'My computer' or 'disk management '. I could not find
  another cable that was available. I think that if there had to be another cable
  It would come with the new drive or at least, I would have asked if I
  wanted to get it a. I can't believe Dell would have little
  passed up a sale.

  Any
  help in would be great.

  unionjackbell

  ' City, ' the Sata cable goes to the motherboard.

  Yes, you need a 24 "long cable SATA data with a 90 * L connector at one end, similar to the following

  You should be able to connect the cable to any SATA connector on the motherboard.

  After you have installed the hard disk addititional, check in the configuration of the system that the drive SATA port is connected, is activated.

  See HERE

  Details of adjustment system, are HERE

  After the installation, Windows see the drive, you have to partition, format, and assign a drive letter to the new hard drive, disk management.

  Bev.

• XPS 420 disc swap, no bios access WIN7

  Conducted a successful training cloning with Acronis. Road exchanged USB enclosure to primary disk bay and started the machine. Booted automatic updates and office pilot came down to a new drive, I did not understand since I already had the drivers on the source disk. In any case, I was prompted to restart for the changes to take effect. I chose Yes and the restart process began. My screen turned white and my fan map punt in top and does not stop. After about 5 minutes of waiting I put off the machine. To turn the machine now starts with the fan going top and nothing else.

  I have the old drive and it worked before cloning and backups of the old drive still available.

  I have a feeling that it is a bios problem, but I can't not look at.

  This is my hardware and specific features of the OS

  XPS 420 Core 2 Quad Q8200 - 8 gb/ram

  BIOS A07

  Win7

  New video cards won't let you F2 in the bios on the older Dells.

  I have this problem with the Sapphire Radeon R series cards.

  MODE VESA BACK 103 is not supported if you do not arrive within the bios.

  With the help of a map based nvidia was my solution.

  Windows 7 requires the RST and Microsoft patch before cloning.

  The question of UEFI bios also prevent you to see the blue screen but instead you get a blinking cursor and screen of death then black.

  STOP 0X0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE

  The patch below should be executed then the cloned drive.

  https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/922976

  The latest 15 13 or 14 or 11 or 12 may not work.

  Before 9.x, it was called MSM (Matrix Storage Manager)

  It changed of MSM to RST in the 9.x versions.  You need 9.6 or higher for most readers of 120 concerts.

  10.1 or greater is required for the GPT partitions greater than 2 TB.

  9.6 or higher is required for larger than 120 Gig aka advanced format drives.

  V9.6 driver Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) and above.

  http://www.Intel.com/support/chipsets/IMSM/sb/CS-031502.htm
  http://www.Intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/chpsts/IMSM

  9.6.0.1014

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/15251

  10.1.0.1008 is the version of transition.

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/20104

  10.6.0.1022

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/20707

  11.0.0.1032

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/20868

  In general INTEL RST Version 10,11,12,13 ICH8

  . DeviceDesc PCI VEN_8086 & DEV_2682 & CC_0104 = 'Intel(r) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller'
  . DeviceDesc PCI VEN_8086 & DEV_27C3 & CC_0104 = "Intel ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller".
  . DeviceDesc PCI VEN_8086 & DEV_27C6 & CC_0104 = 'Intel(r) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller'
  . DeviceDesc PCI VEN_8086 & DEV_2822 & CC_0104 = "Intel(r) ICH8R / / PCH SATA RAID Controller '.
  . DeviceDesc PCI VEN_8086 & DEV_282A & CC_0104 = "Intel(r) ICH8M-E/PCHM SATA RAID Controller '.

  Not supported

  Request denied.

  End of the story.

  IMSM = earlier Version of the driver.

  IMSM is NOT EQUAL to INTEL RST

  Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) version 9.6 and new records sector supports 4 k if the device supports the emulation of 512 bytes (512th). Intel® RST does not support size of 4 k of the native devices.

  What happens if I try to use an older version of the driver?

  If you try to install the operating system on a disk 512th with an older Intel® RST 9.6 version driver, the installation process could not complete.  This driver is not validated with your XPS and may not work at all. There is ZERO support for it if its does not work.  The INSTALLATION of THIS DRIVER if its does not work can lead to the loss of 100 percent of all data.  Do so at your own RISK.

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/15251/RAID-Intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-for-Intel-Desktop-Boards

  If the operating system is installed, do not upgrade to Intel® RST 9.6 version without having to reinstall your operating system.

  As the versions date back earlier support ICH Goes Down aka unsupported.

  You do not have the following

  • Intel® PCHM SATA RAID/AHCI Controller Hub
  • Intel® PCH SATA RAID/AHCI Controller Hub
  • Intel® ICH10R / o controller hub DO SATA RAID/AHCI
  • Hub of Intel® ICH10D SATA AHCI controller
  • Intel® ICH9M-E SATA AHCI/RAID controller hub
  • Intel® ICH9M AHCI Controller Hub
  • Central Intel® 82801IR/IO controller (ICH9R / DO)-RAID and AHCI

• XPS 420 will not again boot SSD

  I have a XPS 420 with BIOS A07. I bought a Samsung 500 G 850 EVO SSD. I used the software included to duplicate my existing HD. It worked without problem. I then installed the SSD, went into the BIOS. I found the place where I had to define SATA2 port where it is plugged into the motherboard, for on. After the reboot, I went into the BIOS and when I select SATA2, it now offers information on the SSD. I also see it in Windows Explorer. However, I don't see an option to make the boot drive. There is a section on the Boot order in BIOS, but it lists all SATA drive. It does not specify which.

  In addition, in the section on SATA there is no AHCI option. Just ATA SATA or RAID. I found the instructions on the Web to enable the AHCI in the registry for this computer. I followed the steps and was able to change two settings by following the instructions. Check back shows them as changed. But AHCI still does not appear as an option in the BIOS. How can I make my new SSD boot drive?

  Thanks for the help.

  Robb

  Looks like I may have found a solution, although I'm surprised that it worked, and perhaps something else is what actually works. I had assumed that the number of SATA port on the motherboard has no importance. But just in case where SATA0 was faster and possibly solve the problem, I moved my SSD to SATA0, my old HDD to SATA1 and SATA2 DVD player. I went into the bios to activate SATA0, which I had previously turned off as the old hard drive is plugged it and always started for her. I have saved and let it start and of course it is initialized to the SSD. I then restarted and went into the BIOS and made sure that he considered every car on the SATA port, and that each has been activated. Everything was going as planned and he continued then to start on the SSD. The old drive appears in Windows Explorer under E. The DVD player works, as well.

  I guess most of the people must not do this, because they can set the boot sequence for the SATA via the BIOS drives. But since I could not, it seems, this method worked, and going in the order the SATA ports. And it's probably just as well use SATA0 for my SSD just in case it is faster. My guess is that all SATA ports are the same and slow in this old Dell. But it works and I'm happy.

  I'm surprised that there are no answers to my questions or problems. I guess that my Dell is too old. However, I thought that I would get something from the community. Until about five years ago, Dell had a different provider for their forums with lots of participation. I think that the provider has been appointed the lithium. It seemed that when they changed providers people were disappointed and veterans left.  In any case, I hope that my experience will be useful to someone. I can't be the only one running from these computers. And now with this SSD running, I will continue to do so for some time more.

  Robb

• XPS 420, video card update without changing the power supply

  So I recently did some changes on my Dell XPS 420.  The processor is the same that had been originally purchased, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz, but I upgraded the RAM 6 GB and spin as a Windows 10 Insider Preview OS 64-bit on a partition with Windows 7 Professional 64 bit on another partition.  I've also added a new 2 to HARD drive, a USB 3.0 PCI Express card and thinking about getting a 500 GB Samsung SSD EVO. Here's my question though, and it is a video card...

  I want to upgrade the video card, but don't know much about them.  I don't want to touch the food, and I want to just install a new video card.  I do not play video games a large part at all, but I stream videos from my PC if it matters that I've seen people suggest GTX Nvidia as well as the Sapphire HD 7770 550Ti, but I've also seen some people said these cards require greater power than my machine so I am confused.  What is a good affordable video card that would be worth upgrading for me?

  I appreciate any info that can be provided, thanks!

  The TI 750 will not harm your diet or your portfolio. The R7 250 is $99 and the 750 TI is $ 139. It is in the middle between the really cheap and good performance.

• Corsair TX650W will work on my XPS 420?

  I have Powersupply Dell 325W at this time, I was wondering just Corsair TX650W or TX750W will work on my XPS 420. The dimensions are:

  TX650W Dimension: 5.9 "(W) x 3.4" (H) X 5.5 "(L)

  TX750W Dimension: 5.9 "(W) x 3.4" (H) X 6.3 "(L)

  Thank you in advance for your help!

  Message edited by seunggs on 08/27/2008 10:20