Dell laptop Error:Internal HDD error!

Clarifications

At start up, enter the set up (usually press F1, F2 or Del during POST) and see if the drive is identified in the BIOS. If it's not, chances are that the drive is dead (assuming that nothing else has changed). You can search Dell's web site.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/searchresult?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&Query=aW50ZXJuYWwraGFyZCtkaXNrK2RyaXZlK25vdCtmb3VuZA==

From when I had worked with Dells only about a year ago, the HDD's would go in their laptops all too often after about 2-3 years. If you need to recover the data from the drive, you can try the freeze trick. This works provided you have a way of getting the data off of the drive quickly.

All you have to do is freeze the drive for about 30 minutes. Make sure it doesn't get wet. It just may give you enough time to recover your data. This usually only works once, so make the effort worth it.

I have the same problem with my dell insprion 6000 laptop. I have been unsuccessful in fixing my laptop. Have you fixed yours if so have any suggestions that might help me?

I am getting a similar ERROR with DELL Inspiron 6000 i.e. Internal HDD HARD Error!

Did you get any solution for this ? Please help me out ?

Thanks,
Debasis

Hello All, looks like everybody's drive is toast. I found it very strange that Inspirons' was the only model to have this problem. Don't know what to tell you, but like sqldba2k6, you should irst try running the diagnostic tool (like this):

- Power on, immediately press F12, and load the Dell diagnostics partition.
- Do an extended test of the drive.

If the test fails, I would suggest replacing it. You can then put ur old HDD externally and see if yuo can recover the data using recovery software. Not much help, but hope nobody else runs into this problem.

Ash

I also have a Dell Inspiron 600 that got the HDD error. it went out about 6 months ago, and after putting in a new hd with no luck, I called Dell. I was told by them that the mainboard was bad, apparently its the hdd controller, a part on the mb. Dell quoted me like 600 or something like that to fix it, but i haggled them down to about 300 including everything. I ultimately decided against it,a nd just bought a new laptop.
As of now, I am actually posting this on the Dell. I pulled it out today, because i got the idea to use a linux live-cd to try to get it to boot and see if i could recover some stuff. I had already tried an external enclosure through usb, and an adapter for the notebook hdd to plug into an IDE cable, both with no luck.

So right now the computer runs, but does not see the HDD. I'm assuming that Dell was right about the problem. Also, I called a local notebook repair shop and they gave me the same diagnosis.

So I hope that helps some of you. BTW, even though its the hdd controller, it seems that the data on the hdd itself is corrupted or something, because i could not read it anywhere else, and a new hdd in the Dell didn't read either, so i guess both the part, and the hdd are toast.
Now that i am back on the Dell, i miss this thing. this keyboard is so much better and the antiglare screen is great compared to my newer Acer.

Well, Hope that helps. Post up something if anyone has any luck getting info off the drive later, I need to figure something out, or i might just freeze it and try.

my computer is doing the same thing and dell told me to change the motherboard and it still hasn't fixed it

I found another post on here reference the Dell Inspiron 6000 and a new hard drive. I realized also that on the other drive that was removed, there is an adapter. If you are not looking for it you WILL miss it. fixed my problem...... Thank you who ever posted that!

Hear me out. I got the HDD error on my Latitude D610. I read all the above comments and figured it was fried. The one hopeful comment (now removed) said "when I returned from vacation it booted up fine. It had righted itself." So tonight, having brought my fried machine home from vacation, it booted up fine. Crazy, right? I know. But I waited 12 days to even touch it, so my advice is to wait. Maybe put it in your trunk to jostle those pins or something, but wait. And Admin, please be cool and don't remove this post -- it's a crazy fix, but it's a fix!

I also let my dell 6000 sit for 15 minutes with the battery out and it now works perfectly.