XPS 8100, Win7 Pro, 2 Samsung HD103SJ 1 TB of disk configuration RAID 1, bought in 2011

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• Replacing hard drive Samsung HD103SJ

  I have a Dell Studio XPS 8100 with a processor i5 8GIG memory, Windows 7 Professional (upgrade online after purchase Dell) and a single 1 TB Samsung HD103SJ HARD drive.  Last weekend the Samsung went south.  The disc does not turn and the BIOS can't see it.  My brother-in-law said 'No problem' and proceedes to attempt restoring.  After dozens of false starts, the BIOS settings and a six-pack of beer, he declared defeat.

  I have three questions:

  1 how the BIOS "SATA Mode" should be selected for a single 1 to HARD drive? (I get a new 1 to Western Digital Black from Dell)  All BIOS functions are now on 'default' including the "SATA Mode" in "RAID".

  2. is there a maximum number of times you can use the DVD to install Dell Windows 7?

  3. have Windows 7 Professional installed previuosly will cause a problem reinstalling Windows 7 from Dell reinstallation DVD in the new HARD drive?

  Thank you

  Thanks, I'll use SATA.  I didn't know if DELL had shipped AHCI in their RAID BIOS option somehow for a selection of hard drive.

  I have downloaded the ISO in Windows7 Digital River of www.w7forums.com/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads-t12325.html, created a DVD and actually seen the page of presentation of Windows 7!

  All I have left to do is load all the drivers and software.  It is a road I've been down many times before.

  You reference for the download of Digital River has been a godsend.

  Thank you, I apologize for any reference I have that could possibly be to you when I let loose all how DELL handles the problem of lack of HDD Samsung.  I saw how you helped a lot of people in the community of DELL and now I'm one of them

  Thanks again!

• Reader XPS 8100 and 4 TB

  A Dell Studio XPS 8100 recognize a 4 TB internal hard drive? Win 7 64 bit Pro recognizes the secondary drive (GPT) as part of just 2 TB.

  Hi birdwoman,.

  If you are running Windows 7 x 64, you may be able to use a 4 to like a record of internal data (and not as a boot disk) or connect the drive as the second drive internal and initialize the TPG, not of MBR.

  Dell Studio XPS 8100 is not compatible with UEFI. Thus, a startup GPT disk cannot be used for the start of the BONE. As far as I KNOW, an MBR disk can access drives of 2 TB. I did some research and found a work around that you try.

  Western Digital avoids this on PRE UEFI bios systems with 64-bit OS and a system with 1 PCI - E X 1 slot free. More than 2 TB requires a 64-bit OS and Bios extension via controller. The controller they use is made by Highpoint. HighPoint RocketRAID 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x 1 SATA III (6.0 GB/s) controller card

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  I hope this helps. Answer please if you have any questions.

• Need to replace XPS 8100 hard drive to confirm SATA interfaces

  Hello I hope that helps you with my request of the cabin. My older Desktop Dell XPS 8100 has an internal hard drive.
  I found a new WD hard drive which could be the right one for my PC - WD Blue 1 TB Desktop disk hard - 3.5 inches - WD10EZEX 1 TB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 7200 tr / MIN Office 3.5 inch HDD 7200 RPM / MIN SATA 6 Gb/s 64 MB Cache
  The Studio XPS 8100 has two bays for hard disks 3.5 ". It has four SATA 2.0 ports (1.5Gbps/3.0Gbps). Can you please confirm that the [SATA 6.Gbs] proposed WD drive is backward compatible with SATA 2.0. ?

  I really don't understand if the new WD10EZEX 1 TB, SATA 6 Gb/s, is compatible with the Dell XPS 8100 that currently has a no work Samsung HD 103SJ SATA 3.00.

  Thank you

  1of3

  Hello I hope that helps you with my request of the cabin. My older Desktop Dell XPS 8100 has an internal hard drive.
  I found a new WD hard drive which could be the right one for my PC - WD Blue 1 TB Desktop disk hard - 3.5 inches - WD10EZEX 1 TB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 7200 tr / MIN Office 3.5 inch HDD 7200 RPM / MIN SATA 6 Gb/s 64 MB Cache
  The Studio XPS 8100 has two bays for hard disks 3.5 ". It has four SATA 2.0 ports (1.5Gbps/3.0Gbps). Can you please confirm that the [SATA 6.Gbs] proposed WD drive is backward compatible with SATA 2.0?

  I really don't understand if the new WD10EZEX 1 TB, SATA 6 Gb/s, is compatible with the Dell XPS 8100 that currently has a no work Samsung HD 103SJ SATA 3.00.

  Thank you

  1of3

  Yes, the hard drive is compatible.

  Bev.

• Add SSD to the Studio XPS 8100 with 2 HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a request similar to this one in this thread: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/disk-drives/f/3534/p/19499585/20334228.aspx#20334228 but I went a little lower on the line, need some advice and help on the Intel Rapid Storage Technology controller.

  I have a Dell Studio XPS 8100 with discs of Segate to 2 x 1 TB which have stripes.

  Configuration is SATA 1 + 2 = hard disks scratched; 3 = BluRay ROM/DVD RW SATA; SATA 4 = not used.

  I bought a Samsung SSD 840 series.

  What I want to do is add the new SSD controller and install Windows 8 without messing/breaking the existing 2 x HDD Striped Array.

  First, I installed the SSD SATA 4 and started Windows 8 to DVD but Windows 8 says it could not install on this disk because it is not bootable (SSD is not formatted/not partitioned right now but I guess that Windows 8 installation will do for me.

  If the questions are:

  (1) if I go the SSD SATA 1, could I (physically) move the existing striped 2 HDD SATA 2 and 3 and set this configuration in technology Intel Rapid Storage Technology controller without losing the striped table?  I don't want to find that the controller will set up a table of fees which then requires a fresh format in order to to use.

  (2) is there a documentation of this controller I could read on what concerns the reconfiguration/options and their effect?

  Thank you
  Chris

  I am pleased to learn that you have to work.  Sometimes I forget that the newer Dell BIOS will allow allows you to select a SATA port for the start.  My XPS 410, being an older machine, allows me only to the ability to choose 'SATA hard drive' as boot device.  Because it does not give me the option to choose a specific port, the bootable SATA drive must be attached to the first port.

  Once a RAID has been configured, the parametric data written to readers allow the RAID ROM figure out how the RAID has been configured.  I've been through all this on a Studio XPS 435 t/9000; We had a problem after adding a new video card in the system that caused startup failure, error message "one or more of your drives are locked".  We have solved by moving readers from the ports of third and fourth (or Dell originally installed them) to the ports of first and second.  Requirement to keep records in the same relative order of port, you can of course make this transition and maintain the operational computer.

  I wish that your installation does not end with an arrangement of dualboot on its own; Maybe Windows 8 works differently from Windows 7.  The XPS 410, I'm currently using is a RAID 0 which has been initially configured with Windows XP.  When I decided to try Windows 7, I has narrowed the original partition and run the Windows 7 Installer to install in the unallocated space resulting.  The installation went normally and I found myself with a system dual boot without ever having had the opportunity to indicate that I wanted a system dual boot.  Since it was my goal, I'm not complaining, but I see that it might be inconvenient for some people who had the intention like that.  Before installation, you accidentally set your SSD on port 4 to be the first in the boot order?

• Win7 Pro with virtual XP

  Hello.

  I have win7 Pro and downloaded Virtual PC and XP mode. This worked OK 1st time and then I had to recover the drive hard back to the value by default after losing the startup file. Since then, I can't XP to initialize. A text box appears after the configuration page of the password with the "the virtual machine configuration could not be created. User does not have sufficient access rights.

  A .vhd file is then created in the virtual machine folder, but I can't get the program to run. At the register anything to do with this? I uninstalled XP mode and the Vitual PC update several times and they reloaded with nothing will do.

  Hello

  Maybe your registry is confused until this topic very well, but is recommended to install the Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer 2007.
  It is a diagnostic tool that verifies the configuration settings for your computer that are important to the performance of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

  I also found a page of Microsoft about installing and using Windows XP Mode in Windows 7
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/install-and-use-Windows-XP-mode-in-Windows-7#section_3

  Perhaps, it might be useful to you.

• Satellite L550 PSLW8A can only get OEM Win7 Pro 32-bit to 64-bit?

  Hi all

  I am writing from Australia.

  Two weeks ago, I bought a new laptop Toshiba ([http://tinyurl.com/ye6jkuq]) with the following characteristics:

  Model: Satellite L550
  Reference number: PSLW8A-01101F
  BIOS: V1.60
  CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P7450 2.13 GHz
  RAM: 4 GB
  HARD DRIVE: 500 GB
  OS: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (OEM preinstalled)

  My question:
  How can I switch to Win7 Pro * 32 - bit * for Win7 Pro * 64 - bit *?

  If I use the recovery disk (the hidden recovery partition) utility to do a clean reinstallation of Win7 Pro, I will give the choice during the process of resettlement of the installation either the 32-bit version or 64-bit?

  Or I have + not + get the choice at all and simply be limited to the OEM Win7 Pro 32-bit that came pre-installed version?

  All advice or information about how to pass OEM Win7 Pro 32-bit to Win7 Pro 64-bit would be appreciated.

  Nick

  Hello

  AFAIK almost all new laptops are available with 32 and 64-bit OS and two recovery images are saved on the HARD drive.
  When you start installation HARD drive you should see the option to choose which version must be installed.

  Simply start the installation of HARD drive and you will see what menu you will see at the beginning. Not be afraid to do so. Nothing will happen.
  Real OS installation starts two steps later. If you can not damage preinstalled OS.

• HP Pavilion - 27qe touch everything-i: HP Pavilion - 27qe touchscreen all-in-one PC Downgrade of Win10 of Win7 Pro 64 bit

  I ordered, from hp store-still in production, a HP Pavilion - 27qe touchscreen all-in-one.  There are 10 Windows.  I would come down to Win7 Pro 64-bit (I can buy a legal copy of win7 and do a clean install).  I understand that I would lose some features like the touch screen, but I really prefer Win7.  I'm looking for info on how to do this?  For example, where to find the proper drivers (determine which and where to download to), BIOS etc.  Drivers listed on hp for this computer are for Win10 only, there is no Win7 drivers listed.  Of course I'd first recovery disks Win10, where I always want to go to the Win10 or if Win7 is not working properly.

  Any info/help appreciated.  My wife and I share one our computer at home with Win7 on it.  Me, my wife and probably would be better to use Win7 we are used and as.

  Thank you...

  Thanks for the info WAWood.  I decided to nix the idea of decommissioning.  It would be too complicated, as you point out.  Have a good!

  I noticed that you have been very busy here.  Member for 2 months and almost 500 posts!  Thanks for you disseminate knowledge and activity here.

• 750 - 247c envy: wiped my HDD of withdrawal Win10, no boot or partition sector, no mouse or KB install Win7 Pro

  I just bought a 750-247c with Win10 desire. Not like that OS, I tried to remove it, couldn't, so I wiped the drive, including partitions, recovery, everything. I then formatted the specification of Win7, no partitions, a 2T HARD drive, I did HD0 and the other 128G HD1, they have all both been wiped and reformatted. I changed the boot sequence to boot from the CD first, active from legacy devices. I understand that installing a new OS to relocate a boot located, etc.

  With a newly purchased Win7 Pro disc, the machine will boot from the CD, open the language, the time format and the currency, the small keyboard, but I don't have a keyboard mouse to make a selection to continue the installation. Mouse and KB are USB devices and ports are all enabled.

  I've tried everything I know to get this thing up and ongoing delivery, I am relatively computer warned having started several years ato with a Commodore 64 and tons of repair of computers and the configuration in the past. This thing baffled me and I need to turn it on.

  Thanks for the support!

  Normally the plastic in the middle of the port part is blue, in comparison to the other USB ports, and those which are marked with SS go USB 3.0.

  The SS is supposed to indicate high speed (super). A port with a lightning bolt in the symbol will be a USB high power, suitable for charging USB devices.

  I hope this helps.

• Win7 PRO can't find PCI Simple Comunication Controller driver

  HP Compaq computer, 7700

  Win7 pro 32-bit

  Device Manager displays error in the installation of the Simple PCI communications controller. Repeat the Installation can't find driver. Computer works very well with the error in Device Manager. What need the controller device?

  OK... try this one then.

  http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3459241&prodNameId=3459245&swEnvOID=4053&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=vc-78668-1

  If for any reason any that does not work, try to manually install the one I posted above.

  If you deleted it, run it again and then click on your PCI device needing driver. Click on the driver tab, click on set to update driver. Select the 'Browse my computer for software' and navigate to the installation folder that was created when you ran the file.  This file is located in C:\SWSetup\sp34743. Make sure that the include subfolders is selected and I hope that the driver will be installed.

  I posted this driver for others on the Forum of Business Support for their dc7700 so I know that it must work.  Here's the thread. You can try some of the other drivers too.

  http://h30499.www3.HP.com/T5/business-PCs-Compaq-Elite-Pro/HP-DC7700-driver-missing-for-PCI-simple-communications/m-p/2354381#M83212

  Paul

• HP Probook 440 G3: Problem installing Win7 Pro on Probook 440 G3 - drivers not found

  The product was delivered with Win 10 installed but I need to run Win7 Pro.

  I photographed the disk before working on it and can restore to Win 10 without problem.

  However, when you start the process with a USB or DVD, I am able to choose the country, then be able to click on 'Install now', but I am then asked the drivers for the USB or CD/DVD drive. I downloaded them from the HP site but installation will not find them when searched.

  I'm very frustrated and need to get Windows 7 installed... How to repair the unit to 'see' the drivers can be installed in order to continue the installation?

  Hello:

  Microsoft Windows 7 installation media is not the native USB 3.0 drivers.

  Therefore, add USB 3.0 drivers in Windows installation flash drive.

  Intel has on it.  They have a utility that does all the work for you.

  Follow the instructions in the Readme link to make a bootable USB flash drive to your windows installation DVD.

  ndows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/25476/Wi

  Run it, and then tap your Installation USB Windows Media, and Windows 7 should install.

• Failure of KB974431 update with 8007000D on a clean install of Win7 Pro 64-bit

  Hi all

  I just finished a clean install of Win7 pro 64 bit and everything looks on with the activated product key.  I'm applying 50 some important updated via update, but I have one that fails each time, KB974431.

  According to this thread: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/27737d55-9c10-44b5-b701-6ba147c78364, another person having this problem had luck manually download and install the update.  But it did not work for me (I created a new thread because his son was in the installation forum).

  KB94431 was also causing problems for people who concoct a C004F050 error as in this thread:http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/ff57f326-0f1d-412c-a4d0-14de1eaf0836/ although I didn't have this error, I tried running sfc/SCANNOW and he did report that he "finds corrupted files but could not solve some of them."  I don't really know what I should look for in the CBS.  By suggestion of the thread, I installed 64-bit Windows Update Agent and Windows Update is represented nothing doesn't.

  I think I have a corrupted file update is already downloaded that Windows is trying to use each time and it fails.   They seem to live in files Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and Windows\Servicing\Packages.  Although I can change the permissions to delete the file in Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download (and I've tried it without change of failure), access is denied whenever I try to touch the Windows\Servicing\Packages or its content.

  The only installed software were the latest EVGA nforce and drivers for video card, Norton Security Suite and the SoundBlaster last for my sound card driver.

  Any suggestions?

  2010-10-23 16:09:43, info CBS Impossible to extract all files of the firm ? ------C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download \00236e2e422dab929dcda56260d05350\Windows6.1-KB974431-x64.cab [HRESULT = 0x8007000d - ERROR_INVALID_DATA]
  2010-10-23 16:09:43, CBS News could not extract all files in \\?\C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\00236e2e422dab929dcda56260d05350\Windows6.1-KB974431-x64.cab cupboard [HRESULT = 0x8007000d - ERROR_INVALID_DATA]
  2010-10-23 16:09:43, info CBS failed to add package: Package_for_KB974431 ~ 31bf3856ad364e35 ~ amd64 ~ ~ 6.1.1.5 [HRESULT = 0x8007000d - ERROR_INVALID_DATA]
  2010-10-23 16:09:43, CBS News could not prepare start packages [HRESULT = 0x8007000d - ERROR_INVALID_DATA]
  2010-10-23 16:09:43, error CBS could not process the single-phase execution. [HRESULT = 0X8007000D - ERROR_INVALID_DATA]

  OK, start at the stop of the snap-snap-in services.msc WindowsUpdate service and rename the folder C: \Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution_old\ restart the service. Now look again for updates. You are now able to install.

  "A programmer is just a tool that converts the caffeine in code" Deputy CLIP - http://www.winvistaside.de/

• IE seems to be locking up my normally stable Win7 Pro.

  I've been running Win7 Pro for a week.  Its been pretty easy & much faster than XP.  I did a full install on a hard drive again instead of an update.  Last night, I added a gadget (Vista clock Radio) and was www.COtrip.org (since the pass was closed last night) using IE.  The computer is locked until this morning (keyboard & mouse were unresponsive).  I had to do a hard power & light.  When I returned to www.cotrip.org, I blocked twice more.  I was installing my email & mobile alerts when this happened this morning, but not last night.

  I tried to install an update from windows a minute ago & it failed.  This is a first for me on Win7.  The update was a Broadcom Bluetooth driver for my thinkpad.  The failure code is 800F020B.  Unknown if this is related, but seems a coincidence.

  I am running the latest version of Norton AV...

  This gives a whirlwind:

  1. download the Norton Removal Tool, save it to your desktop: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  2. close all open applications (that is, anything with an icon on the taskbar).

  3. After completing some you have a copy of your handy product key, uninstall NAV, LiveUpdate and all Norton Add ons via Control Panel | Programs | Uninstall a program (or Control Panel |) Programs and features, if you are using the classic view).

  4 IMPORTANT! -Online activate Windows Firewall immediately after the restart.

  NB: Now you're "working without a net": no to ANYTHING else online (e.g., navigation, reading e-mail, chat) until you have completed step #8 below!

  5. right click on the file that you saved in step #1 above, and then select run as administrator.  DO TAP not your keyboard until the race ends, then restart.

  6 very briefly and very carefully, see if IE8 works better now. [1]

  7 do a clean install of NAV 2010 using your product ID & reboot: http://www.symantec.com/norton/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docurl=20080514162318EN

  TIP: Do not activate or install additional modules of Norton (for example, Norton Anti-Phishing) immediately.
  
  8. manually and repeatedly run LiveUpdate until you get a prompt "no update more".

  9 test.

  ==================
  [1] or download/install/update, for example, Microsoft Security Essentials (at least temporarily) as a comparison test. Thereafter, be sure to uninstall it, and then do the steps #7 and #8 above.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Win7 pro licence OA: 32-bit or 64-bit

  Hi all

  I have a T410 bricked with the Win7 PRO OA license sticker, but it does not say if the license is 32-bit or 64-bit?

  I have Lenovo WIN 7 PRO OEM DVD but choose what operating system? Unfortunately, the owner does not know whish type it was, and the PC is completely starts plu at this moment under WIN 7.

  Thank you

  Dejan

  This license will cover versions 32 and 64 bit:

  http://support.Lenovo.com/en_BD/guides-and-manuals/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-74752

  You can install the 32-bit version or 64 bits one. If you want to know what version your laptop came with, check on the page of Lenovo's Support with the type of portable computer (e.g. 4173-AB1)

• Studio xps 8100 fan speed

  I have a studio xps 8100. The cpu fan started reving to about 3000 rpm, then back to 300 rpm around every 8 seconds. There is no adjustment of the fan in my bios, and I have the latest version of the BIOS update. I blew all the dust. I went from fans with my wifes computer and she always does so is not the fan itself.  I installed speedfan is watch without adjustments for the speed of the fans, he didn't tell my the CPU cores are running around 40 to 50 degrees Celsius and the chart for fan1 up and down from 300 to more than 3000 rpm. Any ideas on what is the problem and how can I solve this problem? The fan slows to 300 RPM will damage my CPU? Appreciate any help I get. Thank you.

  @MJAyr - I sent you a msg.