Hello everyone,,
So my mother's old Inspiron B130 won't boot. Bios sees the HDD, ran a diagnostic and get Error 1000-0146 on the drive. Then use dell diagnostic software and the HDD: passes Quick test, passes S.M.A.R.T. test but fails Read test giving error blocks.
I can boot to my personal XP install disc, go to Recovery Console but forget what commands to run from the command prompt. I'll research what files to copy from the DVD, but could anyone tell me if this hard drive is toast? Seems to me if it passes Quick tet and Smart it's probably just some corrupted files or sector blocks.
Thanks to anyone w/any words of advice. Very much appreciated,
CaptainCourageous