What I reccomend you try is using the hard drive you have in another Computer. As a result of a bad reinstall, you might have created one too many partitions in which case the PC doesn't know what to boot. If your hard disk is there, but the DST short test results in a failure, you might be experiencing driver issues and this can happen almost inevitably by downgrading your systems OS, or after a fresh install, not installing drivers in theirĬorrect order (or in Fawns case, a few just weren't installed at all). This not only prevents you from replacing the drive for no reason, but it will conclusively identify your hardware This answer might not be much help now to Fawn, however anyone else in trouble might find relief in testing the hard disk in another CPU.

Take time to let us know if the suggestion worked.or not. If the rerun results in another failure, then I suggest replacing the hard drive. When finished, rerun the Dell DST Short test to see if it passes. You can scan for and obtain the correct drivers for your system, using your service tag. When all you files are safely backed up, You can try reinstalling the OS again, then follow the driver installation order linked below.ĭell requires that, after a reinstall of the OS, device drivers be installed in a particular order for the system to work correctly. It could also mean that the device drivers were not installed in the correct order after you reinstalled the operating system.įirst and most important step at this point is to try to backup your important personal files to an external drive just to be safe. What issues were you experiencing that led you to decide to reinstall the operating system?įailing a DST short test could mean that your hard drive is failing. I would like to get this fixed by next monday thank you very much Anyone know what I can do to fix this problem?I

So i did a dianostic and found that the DST short test failed. It went all the through but didn't put the drivers for a few of the controllers.

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