Hard drive DST short test fail error code 0142 msg: error code 2000-0142 msg:unit 0: drive self test failed status byte=79
My computer did boot up to the desktop, but was completely unresponsive from there when trying to open anything. I ran a system diagnostics and got this error with the status byte of 70. I rebooted into Safe Mode and was then able to open files. I backed up my stuff to a flash drive and then ran Error-Checking in the HD Properties which runs the CHKDSK function the next time the computer is rebooted. That found 2 bad file clusters and repaired them. One was a file called Windows.edb, which does the hard drive search indexing for Windows and was most likely my problem with the lockups. The other was a Napinsp.dll file. After these were fixed and the computer was rebooted, everything worked normally.
This HD is only 9 months old, but if this happens again, I'll replace it again.
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This indicates your hard drive is failing or it has reached that point, the only option hardware replacement.
SOURCE: Hard drive crash
Try to use the dell system utilities(set bios to boot from CDROM,inset the disc) and this include system utilities that restores the system volume information of your hard drive.If the the drive will not work you can say bye bye to your beloved hard drive.
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mine is saying the same, i had a friend tell me to put linux OS on a flash drive, boot up with linux and try to recover files from the hard drive onto an external, it'n telling me it cannot mount, what can i do?
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