Replacing hard drive on Dell 510M

Hookinsn · 12-08-2007, 07:15 PM

My wife's Dell 510M has had a terminal hard drive failure, it cannot boot and booting from disk, cannot access the C: drive. I think its dead. Leaving aside the data recovery, if that is the case, is repairing as simple as removing the disk and replacing it with another? A new hard disk is fairly cheap, but I don't want to splah cash for one only to find out its a bigger problem, and have to replace something else too. Rather bite the bullet and shell out for a new laptop.

Also, are there compatibility issues with Dells and hard drives, or will pretty much any do?

Thanks for any responses......

Hooky

12-08-2007, 09:14 PM

Hi Hookinsn

Well I would recommend buying the same exact drive from Dell Support Lines for the make/model of your laptop since laptops usually don't like (other) components going into them. What you can do is run the diagnostic tool from the manufacturer of the HD, and tell us back with what the test results reported to make sure its HD failure.

Hookinsn · 12-08-2007, 09:28 PM

Thanks for your thoughts, I was worried as much, going through Dell will probably push the price up from just buying a new drive on line!

Error in diagnostics during IDE read test is
error code 1000-0146
Block 131583: Uncorrectable data error

Sounds pretty terminal.

**twajetmech** · 12-08-2007, 11:20 PM

You'll have no problem buying a replacement hdd from newegg for the laptop, your laptop requires a ata5/6 hdd, You are correct in that a replacement drive from dell would be more expensive, its not nessessary to get them from dell. Just remember to remove the adaptor from the old hdd (there is a pin adaptor on the old hdd than must be put on the new hdd, carefull of the orientation and not to bend any pins) before you put it into the hdd caddy (the metal shroud around the hdd) Techpro is correct that laptops are generally much more finicky to component swaps than desktop computers, luckily laptop hdd swaps are easy and not a problem.....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136130
or a
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822146230

12-08-2007, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hookinsn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Replacing hard drive on Dell 510M My wife's Dell 510M has had a terminal hard drive failure, it cannot boot and booting from disk, cannot access the C: drive. I think its dead. Leaving aside the data recovery, if that is the case, is repairing as simple as removing the disk and replacing it with another? A new hard disk is fairly cheap, but I don't want to splah cash for one only to find out its a bigger problem, and have to replace something else too. Rather bite the bullet and shell out for a new laptop. Also, are there compatibility issues with Dells and hard drives, or will pretty much any do? Thanks for any responses...... Hooky

12-08-2007, 09:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
techpro5238 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Re: Replacing hard drive on Dell 510M Hi Hookinsn Well I would recommend buying the same exact drive from Dell Support Lines for the make/model of your laptop since laptops usually don't like (other) components going into them. What you can do is run the diagnostic tool from the manufacturer of the HD, and tell us back with what the test results reported to make sure its HD failure.

12-08-2007, 09:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hookinsn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Replacing hard drive on Dell 510M Thanks for your thoughts, I was worried as much, going through Dell will probably push the price up from just buying a new drive on line! Error in diagnostics during IDE read test is error code 1000-0146 Block 131583: Uncorrectable data error Sounds pretty terminal.

12-08-2007, 11:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
twajetmech I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LGA, NYC Posts: 2,387 OS: XP-Pro Sp2 & XP-Pro Sp2 Tablet Edition, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Replacing hard drive on Dell 510M You'll have no problem buying a replacement hdd from newegg for the laptop, your laptop requires a ata5/6 hdd, You are correct in that a replacement drive from dell would be more expensive, its not nessessary to get them from dell. Just remember to remove the adaptor from the old hdd (there is a pin adaptor on the old hdd than must be put on the new hdd, carefull of the orientation and not to bend any pins) before you put it into the hdd caddy (the metal shroud around the hdd) Techpro is correct that laptops are generally much more finicky to component swaps than desktop computers, luckily laptop hdd swaps are easy and not a problem..... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136130 or a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822146230 __________________ PSU Selection/Info // Bench test // Thermal Paste // Memory Selection // Bios Beep Codes // CPU-Z// Posting System Specs