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• hard drive in dimension 8300

  I installed a new sata drive on my computer, then formatted as a boot drive. Don't let the cloning software to clone my previous boot drive to the new, and I can not re - format or delete the partition. How can I fix so I can clone my old drive? I made a mistake in formatting the new drive as boot drive before cloning?

  
  

• How can I add an extra internal hard drive to my dell dimension 8300

  I installed an extra internal hard drive to my dell dimension 8300. He only appears in "Device Manager" and shows to work but he does not appear in 'my computer' and has not assigned a drive letter. It's a western digital 1200js-22mhbo. My drive root 'C' is also a wd1200jd from western digital. Can someone tell me what I do to get it to show up with a drive letter, and I have to format it? Also, there is a way to format so I can install programs on it as my "C" drive or I just will be only able to use it as extra storage? Thanks a lot for your help!

  Bobby

  Hello

  • Click Start
  • Click on run
  • Type diskmgmt.msc and press enter
  • You will be prompted to initialize your new drive, move (drag) the message on one side, so that you can see the disk management window in its entirety and make sure your new drive is the disk that should initialize
  • Click on the button next wizard
  • Make sure that your new hard drive is selected (boot disks), and then click the next button
  • Make sure that your new hard drive is not selected (the disks to be converted), and then click the next button
  • Click on the Finish button
  • In disk management, right-click the unallocated space on your new drive and then click New Partition...
  • Make sure that the primary partition is selected and click on the next button
  • Leave the default partition size (all your new drive), and then click the next button
  • If you do not want the suggested default change drive you want allocated letter and click the next button
  • Change the volume name if you want but leave the rest of the information as the default and click the next button
  • Click on finish

  Disk management will make formatting your hard drive and displays its progress in percentage. When it's over your disk will be ready to use.

  If you want to install programs on this disc you could make custom installations and select : \Program Files instead of the default of C:\Program Files. Some installers do not have this option.

  You can move your documents on this disc folder, if you want to see...

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310147

  .. .but make a backup first.

  Tricky

• Can not get printer hp psc 750 to work with a new Dell dimension 8300

  Original title: the printer does not work

  I have a new Dell dimension 8300.  My printer is a former hp psc 750 printer scanner copier I can't print.  Can anyone help?

  Hello

  You should ask in the Forums of Windows answers corresponding to your version of Windows.

  Windows answers forums
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows

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  Check with HP Support, their drivers and documentation online and ask the HP
  forums for known problems.

  HP PSC 750 printer
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&LC=en&DLC=en&product=57769

  Drivers HP PSC 750
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?LC=en&DLC=en&cc=us&product=57769&

  Support HP & drivers
  http://welcome.HP.com/country/us/en/support.html

  Contact HP
  http://welcome.HP.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html

  HP forums
  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/PSG/

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  It might be a problem with the computer as an OEM Dell provides support
  for Windows.

  Dell support
  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell support drivers - product manual & warranty Info (left side) - and much more
  http://support.Dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=DHS

  Dell forums
  http://en.community.Dell.com/forums/
  I hope this helps.

• How can I change the cmos battery in my Dell Dimension 8300

  How can I change the cmos battery in my Dell Dimension 8300?

  Thank you

  Clark

  Easy!  As long as you have a few minutes and the right replacement battery ready to go.  Just follow these few simple steps.

  1. Unplug the power cord.
  2. Tour of Lapointe on the right side.
  3. Remove the left panel - probably remove the screws at the back.
  4. Identify the CMOS battery on the motherboard.
  5. Press the metal tab to release the battery.
  6. Check the model number on the battery, make sure you have the same replacement.
  7. Install the new battery, reinstall the side panel, standing Tower and plug the power supply cord.
  8. Start the system and immediately get into the BIOS (CMOS Setup) and correct the date/time and other parameters.
  Source: mickliq at Computing.net - http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/how-do-i-replace-cmos-battery-in-dell-desktop/73611.html
  I hope this helps!

• Possible more powerful processor in an old Dell Dimension 8300

  I really enjoy to know and to work on older tech and I was wondering what than the more powerful processor chip that was made for the Dell Dimension 8300 was be.  I know, I know that this isn't old tech, but why?  Thank you

  AGP123

  I really enjoy to know and to work on older tech and I was wondering what than the more powerful processor chip that was made for the Dell Dimension 8300 was be.  I know, I know that this isn't old tech, but why?  Thank you

  AGP123

  The 8300 should take most of the processor socket 478, max 3.4 GHz Northwood or Prescott processor.

  Note: The first 8300 systems are limited to 2.8 GHz, but those built at the end of 2003, can take the fastest processors, with a BIOS upgrade to version A07.
  
  A Socket 478, P4 3.4GHz processor will work only if your 8300 was built after December 2003 and with an upgrade of the BIOS to A07 version, if it was built before that, 3.4 GHz processor would clock up to 2.8 GHz.

  Better to buy a Northwood as the Prescott processor is running more hot.

  Bev.

• Drive hard question Dell Dimension 4400 level please.

  Hello

  Can someone tell me what is the largest hard drive that I can spend with my dimension 4400 please? I looked through my manual & on the internet but with no joy.

  At this moment I have a 40 GB drive & a 40 GB secondary, (I think it's about to fail) anyway I need more space for my photos raw ect so a 80 GB would be allowed at the very least, if possible.

  See you soon

  Paul.

  
  

• Hard drive for Dimension 4500 update

  I want to upgrade my hard drive in my dell dimension 4500.

  Please can you tell me if the following hard drives work?  If none of them do, please advise me on which hard drive I should get.

  • Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200 tr / min * 32 MB Cache *-OEM
  • Seagate DB35 Series 7200.3 internal 750 GB hard drive

  Thank you.

  
  

• Failure of hard drive in Dimension 8250, the maximum size and the type of replacement tips please

  Dimension 8250 (Feb 2003), Windows XP Home SP2, 60 GB HDD, 512 MB of RAM, BIOS A01 - entirely standard

  My hardrive suffers from weird deaf noise for a few months, but last week, it was a lot worse. Sometimes it starts up and is ok, othertimes it takes 1 hour to start and everything produces the deaf noise and is so slow, that it's unusable and other times simply clunks and not even start.

  Error messages received:

  (a) "drive Dell, monitoring system has detected that drive 0 on the primary Eide controller is out of normal, backup specifications and replace the HARD drive.

  (b) "error was detetcted on the HARD disk during the paging operation" (in the event viewer)

  (c) "driver detetcted a controller the HARD disk error" (in the event viewer)

  (d) when I run the Dell IDE Drive Diagnostics (F12), it says FAILED return Code 6

  Issues related to the:

  (1) am I correct that the drive needs replacement?

  (2) I want to just keep it very simple and buy a drive and adapt it, do not worry about BIOS or other upgrades. What I do pay attention to the size car that I buy, is there a maximum size that I can have with BIOS A01? Maybe thought to 120 GB? I just want to be able to adapt, without having to play around with BIOS upgrades so simply the easiest option, which is to buy, set up and reinstall the software. So, is there any limitation integrated with BIOS A01? The recovery CD is XP SP 1

  (3) am I correct that the PC supports up to 100 ATA if you need to make sure that I buy ATA 100 no ATA 133?

  (4) original drive is Hitachi, Seagate Barracuda would be better?

  (5) think active drive a 2 MB cache, a cache 8 MB drive would work ok without me having to pay anything and if yes is it useful on the 2 MB cache?

  Thanks for your time.

  Message edited by craiguk on 02/06/2008 18:27
  Message edited by craiguk on 02/06/2008 18:28
  Message edited by craiguk on 02/06/2008 18:47
  
  

• Upgrade the hard drive in dimension 4700

  I want to add a larger hard drive, 500 GB + in my Dimension 4700. Currently, I have a 80 GB drive, which is the largest size, I can add and what type, 1.5 gb/s or 3.0 gb/s, it takes, and if I install a large drive I see a loss of performance? My OS is Windows XP sp2, I have 2.0 GB of memory also.

  Thanks 1million

  PS Support Dell gave me 4 responses to this question, 160,280,400, then 250. Someone help me!

  
  

• Hard drive Dell Inspiron 1426

  My hard drive died and I bought one on ebay. I have insalled it and inserted the disc of exploitation for windows vista. The error message that came was, "this disk is not bootable" or something like that...

  Does anyone know how to get the new hard drive to work? I am novice of the WADA. My computer is a Dell inspiron 1426.

  Maybe the person that I bought to take everything on it?

  Linda :)

  Hello

  To install Vista on the new disk, you must set the CD/DVD to start everything first and have the Vista Installation
  media.

  Parameters/settings (BIOS/CMOS) often F2 as you start then look at the screen - CD/DVD to start everything first - don't forget
  to replace hard drive later.

  Put in the DVD and boot on it and install Windows. If it boots that disc and then either the CD/DVD drive
  has a problem or the disc you are using is not the good Vista installation media.

  Check with Dell Support, their drivers and documentation online and ask in the Dell forums. Dell will reference
  installation instructions complete on their Web site.

  Dell support
  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell support drivers - product manual & warranty Info (left side) - and much more
  http://support.Dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=DHS

  Dell forums
  http://en.community.Dell.com/forums/
  I hope this helps and happy holidays!
  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Second hard drive Dell Inspiron 3847

  Can someone direct me for information on the installation of a second hard drive for Inspiron 3847 computer for the purpose of the image upwards using the Acronis True Image Home software upward? There is room for an optical drive, which is totally alien to me, but nothing is said nowhere in the hardware in the user manual on the addition of second hard drive that seems to be a pretty normal material adding. No sense in this matter. First time forum thank you poster

  toplap

  Dell has not released the procedures to install an additional SATA hard drive, the Inspiron 3847 has a 3.5 Bay ", one for the second hard drive next to the main hard drive, there should be a set of rails located in the Bay, two 6-32 X 1/4, Phillips head screws are required to secure the Rails.

  Procedures on pages 26 to 28 of the owners manual should give you an idea of what is required for installation.

  http://FTP.Dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/Inspiron-3847-desktop_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.PDF

  You will need a SATA data cable, there should be a spare connector to SATA power inside the housing.

  After you have installed the drive, enter the system setup and make sure the hard drive is "on" [We] and recognized.

  For Windows to recognize the second hard drive, it must be partitioned and formatted.

  Go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, storage, disk management, right click on the new drive, select format, then you can assign a drive letter.

  Bev.

• Put the hard drive Dell studio xps m1530?

  My dell studio 1537 laptop computer does not light so I bought a second hand xps m1530... the hard drive of the studio is suitable for the xps and it would work ok?

  The drive works at the hardware level - you will need to reinstall Windows and all your programs and restore your data, however.

• You need to replace a hard drive in XPS 8300...

  Hello

  the hard drive on my XPS 8300 failed and I need to replace. I know that my data will be lost, but if I replace hard drive how to return applications such as Microsoft Office, I had already installed? They did not come on CD, but have been preloaded when I bought the computer.

  Thanks for the replies.

  

  Manage, download, save or restore specific products:

  Products.Office.com/.../Download-back-up-Restore-Microsoft-Office-Products

• New hard drive Dell PE 1900

  Just ordered 2 new hard drives of 300 GB of Dell $ 300 each.  Have Perc 5 / i Raid 5 config.  I was told that I could get 2 hard drives from WD a lot cheaper at microcenter who would work as well?  If I want with the Dells that are in transit?  Thank you

  Depends on the model of WD drive. Nevere use desktop/laptop (green, blue) readers and do not use the NAS (red) drives. Only certain versions of readers RE are provided by WD to work on Dell DCs. So, if it's not a disc RE WD States are working on PERC controllers, and then use the readers of Dell. Also, for future use, don't order disks directly from Dell. Buy the same readers certified suppliers. For example:

  http://www.xByte.com/ProductDesc.aspx?code=CAT_1261_9

  http://www.Amazon.com/GP/product/B005CIO1GO/