What fits?

wbridges@sewanee.edu · 01-28-2006, 04:39 PM

hi all. new here and love this site. have been lurking and reading for a while now. I need to replace my hard drive in a Dell dimension 3000. I dont know what will fit. it has a 80g in it now and I would like another at least that, maybe bigger. i want to try to salvage whats on it now and get those things on the new one. whats the best way to do that?
Thanks in advance for any help.

bigsaucybob · 01-28-2006, 04:41 PM

do u have 2 hard drives slot or one?

i had a dimension 4700 and i had 2 slots and added another hard drive, no problem.

really any hard drive u pick will fit in it.

wbridges@sewanee.edu · 01-28-2006, 05:14 PM

Well, I dont see but one slot for a hard drive. will it be impossible to save whats on the damaged one?

Blue · 01-28-2006, 05:21 PM

In your first post you don't mention that your existing HD is damaged but in your second you imply that it is so I'm going on that

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How damaged is this HD? is it still reading? If so then you can burn the contents of it onto CD/DVD or use Flash drives etc. What I would do however is hook it up with a new HD and transfer it straight from HD to HD.

You have been unclear however and it is a difficult question to answer as we cannot be certain whether your HD is even still readable etc.

wbridges@sewanee.edu · 01-28-2006, 05:27 PM

Sorry for being so vague. I cant even boot up with the damaged hard drive. It wont read the boot sequence. Several test and a call to Dell told me to replace the hard drive. Thanks.

34erd · 01-28-2006, 05:42 PM

Booting doesnt require the hard drive. Do you mean it wont load windows or does it not even get by POST. If its the latter I dont think its your hard drive.

Blue · 01-28-2006, 05:48 PM

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Sorry for being so vague. I cant even boot up with the damaged hard drive. It wont read the boot sequence. Several test and a call to Dell told me to replace the hard drive. Thanks.

Alright so assuming that your PC does not boot because of the HD is damaged. I would install both HD's and install windows on the good and hope that Windows reads your second and the data on it. If so then your good to go with some ol fashioned copy paste. If not and your data is of extreme importance then you could pay a data recovery person.

As for fitting as long as it is the correct HD they are all the same size. Check to see if you need a SATA or IDE drive.

Also curious have you tried reinstalling windows on this drive?

wbridges@sewanee.edu · 01-28-2006, 06:04 PM

it will not load windows. it goes to the windows flag page then to the screen where it says an error has occured. i have tried booting to safe mode, last good known config. and normal. it just keeps going back to the same thing.
When I ran the hard drive test, it showed--Error code 0F00:0244
Msg: Block 106296176 uncorrectable data error or media is write protected

jetnine · 01-28-2006, 09:14 PM

It seems like you just need to reinstall Windows or run some utilitys off of the Windows CD.

wbridges@sewanee.edu · 01-29-2006, 12:24 AM

thanks, I'll try that.

01-28-2006, 04:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
wbridges@sewanee.edu New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	What fits? hi all. new here and love this site. have been lurking and reading for a while now. I need to replace my hard drive in a Dell dimension 3000. I dont know what will fit. it has a 80g in it now and I would like another at least that, maybe bigger. i want to try to salvage whats on it now and get those things on the new one. whats the best way to do that? Thanks in advance for any help.

01-28-2006, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigsaucybob Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,915	do u have 2 hard drives slot or one? i had a dimension 4700 and i had 2 slots and added another hard drive, no problem. really any hard drive u pick will fit in it. __________________ Equipt NOW

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Blue VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Ontario Age: 36 Posts: 3,563	In your first post you don't mention that your existing HD is damaged but in your second you imply that it is so I'm going on that . How damaged is this HD? is it still reading? If so then you can burn the contents of it onto CD/DVD or use Flash drives etc. What I would do however is hook it up with a new HD and transfer it straight from HD to HD. You have been unclear however and it is a difficult question to answer as we cannot be certain whether your HD is even still readable etc. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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01-28-2006, 05:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
wbridges@sewanee.edu New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	Well, I dont see but one slot for a hard drive. will it be impossible to save whats on the damaged one?

01-28-2006, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
wbridges@sewanee.edu New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	Sorry for being so vague. I cant even boot up with the damaged hard drive. It wont read the boot sequence. Several test and a call to Dell told me to replace the hard drive. Thanks.

01-28-2006, 06:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
wbridges@sewanee.edu New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	it will not load windows. it goes to the windows flag page then to the screen where it says an error has occured. i have tried booting to safe mode, last good known config. and normal. it just keeps going back to the same thing. When I ran the hard drive test, it showed--Error code 0F00:0244 Msg: Block 106296176 uncorrectable data error or media is write protected

01-28-2006, 09:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
jetnine New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13	It seems like you just need to reinstall Windows or run some utilitys off of the Windows CD.

01-29-2006, 12:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
wbridges@sewanee.edu New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	thanks, I'll try that.