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Resolved Dell vostro 1700 lost D drive start up

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  1. 2011/02/14
    401402

    401402 Inactive Thread Starter

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    when i boot up 3 loud beeps sound before the welcome title, I
    cant Boot d drive anymore


    OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporatioc
    System Name RON
    System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    System Model Vostro 1700
    System Type X86-based PC
    Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2194 Mhz
    BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A07, 4/21/2008
    SMBIOS Version 2.4
    Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
    System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111) "
    User Name RON\Ron Cathers
    Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
    Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
    Available Physical Memory 1.41 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
    Page File Space 3.84 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys


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    System Information
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    Time of this report: 2/11/2011, 19:38:02
    Machine name: RON
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp.050329-1536)
    Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
    System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
    System Model: Vostro 1700
    BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
    Processor: Intel® Coreâ„¢2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs)
    Memory: 2038MB RAM
    Page File: 235MB used, 3693MB available
    Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
    DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
     
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  2. 2011/02/14
    MrBill

    MrBill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    What is your D drive? CD, DVD another HD?

    There are different beeps. Long ones and short ones and there can be a combination of them.
     
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    401402

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    d is CD i thimk,combination of 3 short beeps i am not real sure of whats what on D or C drives
     
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    C is your HD with your OS on it. When it boots, go to Start, My Computer, Right click on it and choose Properties/Hardware/Device Manager. See if you have any YELLOW ? or ! in there. If so, what is it behind. You can always click on the problem device and tell it to update drivers. Let it go on line and do it. If it don't find any, you can uninstall the device and reboot and windows will/should find it and install it if it can.
     
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    no yellow,with the 3 short tones,it will just recycle over and over,and not boot up
     
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    Try booting into Safe Mode. Keep taping usually the F8 Key when you turn it on. Some PC's use a different F key and sometimes it shows you what it is when you first turn on the power. Usually it is pretty quick so be looking.
     
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    yea itried it camt reload
     
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    MrBill

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    Does it give you an F2 and an F12 when you first turn it on? Try F12 and choose HD.
     
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    401402

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    yes f2 f12 f12 no go hd? maybe reformat c drive to get it to work?
     
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    MrBill

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  12. 2011/02/14
    401402

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    ok i'll be bak tommorow morning- i'll throw in my disc to reformat c drive
     
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  13. 2011/02/15
    401402

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    yea 3 short then 2 short,i redid C drive now shows C &D drives???
     
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  14. 2011/02/17
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    it now makes 3 tones break by 3 more beeps then 2 beeps at tyhe start up
     
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  15. 2011/02/17
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    i reformatted c drive
     
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    Arie

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    If the system is still under warranty, have Dell get a look at it. Your beep codes aren't the in usual Phoenix patterns, but beep codes generally suggest a hardware problem.
     
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  17. 2011/02/17
    401402

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    sorry its not covered anymore-thanks for the tip arie- i wish i could figur it out
     
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    Arie

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    Dell laptops normally have diagnostics software loaded, try running that. Press F12 during boot-up & select to run diagnostics.

    If that's not an option, you'd have to download the diagnostics.
     
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    yes sir ive done that,i have reformatted c drive and the beeps continue so c drive is ok i think,and d drive is ok i ran chkdsk on both
     
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  20. 2011/02/18
    Arie

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    Done what?
     
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  21. 2011/02/18
    401402

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    Press F12 during boot-up & select to run diagnostics.

    did that 2 days ago
     
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