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Question posted by jhazielgarza on October 13th, 2012

My Dell Laptop Isnpiron N5050 Hard Drive Has Malfunction Due Eihter From A Small

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on October 15th, 2012 2:56 AM

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Hello jhazielgarza,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

Follow the link below to run a basic hardware test on your system. If you get any error code, you may associate it to the list in the link.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=266787

If the test pass, let me know what is the error/issue with the hard drive.

Let me know if you need any further support. I will be glad to help you.

Dell-Niranjan

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Owners Manual - Page 4

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