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Subscribers Postedover 9 years ago Options RSS Share Hard disk error - Fail. Return Code 7 Posted by daveamazon on dell hard drive diagnostics download 2 May 2007 2:57 My Dimension 4700 stopped booting in Windows normal mode. In safe mode I was able to boot and ran a ChkDsk first thing. It showed 40 KB in bad dell hard drive diagnostics software sectors on the hard drive but then the PC returned to booting normally (at least so far). I called Dell tech support anyway and he had me run the BIOS diagnostics for the hard drive. The result was: Fail, return code 7. The tech refused to send a replacement hard drive even though my Dimension is still under warranty. He said because I could still
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boot into Windows they would not replace the drive. He said I should back up my data and wait for the drive to fail completely before calling Dell again. This sounds crazy to me. I'm definitely backing up my data right now but how can I continue to use a PC with a hard drive that could fail again at any moment. Does this sound right to anyone else? Thanks. Like 1 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Noxo on 2 May 2007 3:22 Error code 7 doesn't mean that there is necessarily a hardware failure, it can be a problem with windows. My suggestion would be to do a pc restore after all of your info is saved, or re-install windows if that is not available. Like 0 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by shesagordie on 2 May 2007 3:23 daveamazonThe Techie is wrong, the hard drive is failing, Error Code 7 means the drive has failed it's self-test and should be replaced.Try ca
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this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?248353-RESOLVED-Return-Code-7-on-a-Dell-D520 To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 7 of 7 Thread: [RESOLVED] Return Code 7 on a Dell D520 Tweet Thread Tools Show http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/dell-ide-hard-drive-diagnostic-fail.87390/ Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode March 10th, 2011,09:45 PM #1 Spike143 View Profile View Forum hard drive Posts Virtual Intern Join Date Sep 2000 Location Rochester, NY Posts 249 [RESOLVED] Return Code 7 on a Dell D520 My neighbor has a Dell Dimension E520 that was locking up frequently and at boot I pressed F12 and selected Hard Drive Diagnostics. The report came back with WDC WD800JD-75MSA3-Fail Return code 7. I take it that that means the hard drive might be shot or have bad sectors. My question dell hard drive is can this be repaired by formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows? OS= Windows Home Edition Thanks in advance for any help. Spike Reply With Quote March 10th, 2011,10:25 PM #2 photolady View Profile View Forum Posts Site Moderator Join Date Mar 2002 Location At my computer, cruising VDR and watching your back Posts 22,572 The error code indictes a failed or failing drive. And failed harddrives cannot be fixed by reinstalling the OS. You need to buy a new drive. New 8 core Gigabyte GA-970A- DS3P Full ATX Motherboard;AMD FX 8120 3.1Ghz; Corsair Vengeance 16GB Memory; Kingston 240GB SSD; WD 320GB SATA; Geforce GT610 1GB Vid card; Windows 7 Professional 64 bit; Antec Nine Hundred Mid tower Built by Me, in 2016!! UBCD How to Burn an ISO Image to a Disc My photos Reply With Quote March 10th, 2011,11:02 PM #3 Spike143 View Profile View Forum Posts Virtual Intern Join Date Sep 2000 Location Rochester, NY Posts 249 Thanks Photolady that's the answer I thought I was going to get. Any recommendations on a 80gb or larger hd that would be fairly reasonable in price? Also SATA vs ATA drives, I'm assuming SATA is better. Again Thanks Reply With Quote March 10th, 2011,11:42 PM #4 Train
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