Dell Inspiron 13z Laptop 5323 Reformat with Win 7 not working
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Efaraband,
If you're still wanting to install 7 onto that laptop, I may be able to help you.
I just went through he77 and back with an Asus Win 8 laptop that the client wanted changed to 7 and it...
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Yep carmen, i used the error code you mentioned, but he would not send out a new drive until i gave a verification code, so i had to re-run the diagnostics and turned out the drive is faulty... but i...
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I use Dell tech support all the time and have had more visits from onsite service technicians from Dell than I care to mention. I can tell you that the tech will install the imaged drive into your...
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I rarely uninstall bloatware.
I just stop it from starting, mostly in Services and MSCONFIG.
You can post screenshots of "Services (as per attachments below) and we can suggest which ones to change...
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Wow. You live in the Dominican Republic..? Thats pretty cool. And awesome that they sent a technician out to you, thats impressive.
Ill probably wait to ask abt the windows 7 thing, or i may not...
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I'm pleased with Dell as well, although I never use their support. For one, I live outside of the US, and for two, I haven't had any issues with my Dell machines, to warrant me contacting support,...
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Thats interesting. Thanks so much RockySosua, you have been very helpful. Do you think i can ask this guy who comes to replace the drive, to put windows 7 on it? Or ask him about putting 7 on it in...
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That's great.
I suppose that explains why things were going from bad to worse. There's nothing like a bad hard drive to cause all sorts of erratic behaviour.
I also have a 13 inch Dell, but from a...
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ALRIGHTY. So, i tried calling dell and using the error code given in one of the previous posts 2000-0142, but he said i need a validation code in order to get a hd shipped out to me. So i ran the...
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You would plug the laptop's hard drive into the USB device, which you would then plug into any other computer, then go into Disk Management and check it's status, to see if it's "Active", then format...
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Any instructions on how i would go about doing that...? would i remove the hd from the laptop, plug in this one externally and then insert the windows 7 usb/dvd and it would recognize the external...
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That's what I had in mind, as well as to make sure that it's "Active".
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Disk partitions are not greyed out, but as soon as i click on one, the install freezes on that screen. I didnt notice any "load drivers" option. For this laptop, i dont think i have a spare drive to...
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Are the disks/partitions greyed out?
Is there an option for drivers that you can click on?
The AHCI option is relative to mass storage and it's a bit more complicated than plain ATA, so you might...
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I didnt change anything.. i just plugged in the USB the first time and it worked, then after that have had no luck getting through an install. Under the "advanced" tab it says "SATA Operation" and it...
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Did you convert that hard drive to "Dynamic Disk", by any chance? (it needs to be "Active")
What options do you have for the hard drive, in your Bios?
IDE?
SATA?
RAID?
AHCI?...
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Yep, its the same thing with Windows 7 and 8 on both USB or DVD. And i have reformatted other computers with the same usb/dvd so its not the install.
Update: Its been over an hour or so, and the...
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Did the system come with Windows 8 media? I know that Windows 7 systems usually did, but I haven't bought a Dell with Windows 8. If it didn't, calling tech support should get them to send you...
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I think you're a victim of Microsoft's new secure boot requirements on pre-built computers with Windows 8. I experienced a similar problem with a friends Lenovo laptop. I lost the ability to access...
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There's no reason for it to do that, unless there's something wrong with the OS you're trying to install.
Is it the same Win 7 OS that you have on the USB as the DVD?
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