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thevirginia6 · 08-24-2006, 11:28 AM

when I try to start up my Inspiron/1000 I get a box with BELLDIAG DIDN`T EXIST IN HDD hit any key to reload what is this can it be fix or is the laptop junk now

comperio · 08-24-2006, 12:03 PM

Does this happen before or after you can enter your bios?

thevirginia6 · 08-24-2006, 12:27 PM

it gettes just past the first Dell screen. i would not know if that is before or after bios and i had a miss spell it is delldiag

**Bill_Castner** · 08-24-2006, 01:03 PM

Because the BIOS supports an F11 function key to access Diagnostics at boot, it is looking for the now gone Diagnostic Partition for the drive.

If someone reformatted the disk without preserving the Diagnostic Partition, this is not an easy error to recover from. I would treat it as harmless and ignore it. It is truely harmless, just annoying at boot.

If you choose to re-establish the Diagnostic Partition I must warn you it is not an activity for less than the very skilled and the brave.

Instructions can be found in this discussion: http://hardware.mcse.ms/message161744.html

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thevirginia6 · 08-24-2006, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill_Castner

Because the BIOS supports an F11 function key to access Diagnostics at boot, it is looking for the now gone Diagnostic Partition for the drive.

If someone reformatted the disk without preserving the Diagnostic Partition, this is not an easy error to recover from. I would treat it as harmless and ignore it. It is truely harmless, just annoying at boot.

If you choose to re-establish the Diagnostic Partition I must warn you it is not an activity for less than the very skilled and the brave.

Instructions can be found in this discussion: http://hardware.mcse.ms/message161744.html

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thevirginia6 · 08-24-2006, 03:41 PM

I would love to just ignore this but i`m stuck in a loop

**Bill_Castner** · 08-24-2006, 03:50 PM

Any reasonably talented computer jockey can follow the instructions on page two of my link above to restore the partition. If you call Dell Tech Support, which is a valid option, they will want the machine as they believe it is not possible for a user to create a diagnostic partition. It is possible, but it is decidedly non-trivial to do so.

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08-24-2006, 11:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
thevirginia6 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Start up when I try to start up my Inspiron/1000 I get a box with BELLDIAG DIDN`T EXIST IN HDD hit any key to reload what is this can it be fix or is the laptop junk now

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comperio Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Antwerp Posts: 7 OS: XP	Does this happen before or after you can enter your bios? __________________ MCP MCDST

08-24-2006, 01:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bill_Castner Users Helping Users Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,029 OS: XP SP2 Vista Win2k	Because the BIOS supports an F11 function key to access Diagnostics at boot, it is looking for the now gone Diagnostic Partition for the drive. If someone reformatted the disk without preserving the Diagnostic Partition, this is not an easy error to recover from. I would treat it as harmless and ignore it. It is truely harmless, just annoying at boot. If you choose to re-establish the Diagnostic Partition I must warn you it is not an activity for less than the very skilled and the brave. Instructions can be found in this discussion: http://hardware.mcse.ms/message161744.html . __________________ MS-MVP Windows Networking VSOP AUMHA Forums MVM BroadbandReports / DSLR MVP Tek-Tips

08-24-2006, 03:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bill_Castner Users Helping Users Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,029 OS: XP SP2 Vista Win2k	Any reasonably talented computer jockey can follow the instructions on page two of my link above to restore the partition. If you call Dell Tech Support, which is a valid option, they will want the machine as they believe it is not possible for a user to create a diagnostic partition. It is possible, but it is decidedly non-trivial to do so. . __________________ MS-MVP Windows Networking VSOP AUMHA Forums MVM BroadbandReports / DSLR MVP Tek-Tips

08-24-2006, 12:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
thevirginia6 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp	it gettes just past the first Dell screen. i would not know if that is before or after bios and i had a miss spell it is delldiag

08-24-2006, 03:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
thevirginia6 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp	I would love to just ignore this but i`m stuck in a loop