need help with a dell inspiron 8000

Nkinney84 · 05-16-2008, 10:14 AM

I'm pretty sure the hard drive is fried but need advice... It will turn on but after the dell screen all i get is an I/O error invalid disk replace and press any key. I tried taking the hard drive out of my toshiba that I know is good and installing it in the dell maybe i'm doing something worng cause even with the toshiba's hard drive i still get the same msg. I am able to enter the boot menu and have tried both booting from the internal drive and from a vista cd i have but either way still get the same error with both hard drives. Any advice would help
thanks

dai · 05-16-2008, 11:39 AM

moved you to laptops

**TriggerFinger** · 05-16-2008, 11:58 AM

hi,

please include in your post the order of boot devices in bios. the CD/DVD driver should come first... at least before the HDD.

Nkinney84 · 05-17-2008, 02:48 PM

I've tried it with the cd drive first and then again with the hard drive first

**TriggerFinger** · 05-17-2008, 04:35 PM

when you tried with CD drive first, what CD did you use to boot from?

btw do you have a CD/DVD drive or just a CD drive.

Nkinney84 · 05-18-2008, 09:05 AM

cd/dvd drive and i tried with a windows vista disk would stick with xp but only copy i have is for hp only

**TriggerFinger** · 05-18-2008, 10:26 AM

so with a Vista DVD in the CD/DVD drive and boot sequence set to boot from CD/DVD drive, still gives you the message 'invalid disk..'?

i understand you tried this also with the HDD removed?

try the same boot settings with a different boot CD. If you have a bootable CD like the one for Memtest86+ or any linux live CD (i.e. PCLinuxOS, Knoppix or Ubuntu... try Knoppix). again boot from the CD/DVD drive with the HDD removed. ensure boot sequence/order in BIOS is set to boot from CD/DVD drive first.

post back any results...

05-16-2008, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nkinney84 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	need help with a dell inspiron 8000 I'm pretty sure the hard drive is fried but need advice... It will turn on but after the dell screen all i get is an I/O error invalid disk replace and press any key. I tried taking the hard drive out of my toshiba that I know is good and installing it in the dell maybe i'm doing something worng cause even with the toshiba's hard drive i still get the same msg. I am able to enter the boot menu and have tried both booting from the internal drive and from a vista cd i have but either way still get the same error with both hard drives. Any advice would help thanks

05-16-2008, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,622 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 moved you to laptops __________________

05-16-2008, 11:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 hi, please include in your post the order of boot devices in bios. the CD/DVD driver should come first... at least before the HDD. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

05-17-2008, 02:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nkinney84 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 I've tried it with the cd drive first and then again with the hard drive first

05-17-2008, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 when you tried with CD drive first, what CD did you use to boot from? btw do you have a CD/DVD drive or just a CD drive. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 05-17-2008 at 04:37 PM.

05-18-2008, 09:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nkinney84 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 cd/dvd drive and i tried with a windows vista disk would stick with xp but only copy i have is for hp only

05-18-2008, 10:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000 so with a Vista DVD in the CD/DVD drive and boot sequence set to boot from CD/DVD drive, still gives you the message 'invalid disk..'? i understand you tried this also with the HDD removed? try the same boot settings with a different boot CD. If you have a bootable CD like the one for Memtest86+ or any linux live CD (i.e. PCLinuxOS, Knoppix or Ubuntu... try Knoppix). again boot from the CD/DVD drive with the HDD removed. ensure boot sequence/order in BIOS is set to boot from CD/DVD drive first. post back any results... __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE