Get read on boot up. Seems to start up after laptop reachs 108 degrees or hotter. Once this laptop gets booted the hard drive works until next time. I turn the power on get the "boot disk error" and wait 45 minutes and then try aound 15 more time and hard drive works. Laptop was bought in 2003.
Sounds like maybe the hard drive is starting to fail (very common in a 15 yr. old laptop). See/get a new one here:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=emachine+8230+power+supply&LH_PrefLoc=1&_sop=15&_armrs=1&_dmd=1&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=0&_ipg=100&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XHitachi+DK23EA-30.TRS0&_nkw=Hitachi+DK23EA-30&_sacat=0
You should try and locate the support page for your Dell at Dell.com, because if you try to reinstall XP on a new hard drive, most likely many drivers will be missing, and you would have to get them from the Dell support page.
But installing XP in 2018 would leave you without hundreds of updates, as Microsoft has not supported XP since April 2014. They have not supported Vista since April 2017. So I would recommend upgrading to at least Windows 7, as Microsoft will probably support it until 2020.
I just installed Windows 7 on an old HP Celeron (Celeron processor is like one notch better than a Pentium 4). It works pretty well - turned off all the Win7 Aero junk to make it run a little faster. I can even watch YouTube on it and stuff! lol.
Good luck.
SOURCE: HITACHI DESKSTAR 7250 320 GB HARD DRIVE
File on disk maybe bad. Try this website: http://www.mes.cbs.dk/~sttt/readme.txt and http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2963/files.html
SOURCE: Hitachi DK23EB-40 HDD
Hi,
Basically what you have posted covers all that you need to know and do. The only issue would be the capacity in Gb of the new HD. Most currently available are far too big for your laptop. What you need to get is any 2.5" HD that is identical in size or just slightly bigger than what you used to have. Three reasons for this: 1) your motherboard may not recognize the newer/bigger HDs and therefore you would probably encounter problems even at the BIOS/CMOS stage; 2) the power requirement of the newer HDs may not be compatible with what your laptop can supply; and 3) the heat generated by newer HDs is considerably higher but your laptop was designed to accommodate older models only.
Hope this be of some help/idea. Post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.
Good luck and kind regards.
i hav hitachi hdd it has pass word and i have forget them is there any universal pass word i need them
SOURCE: smart failure predicted on hard disk 0 Hitachi
Check my hint at
http://www1.fixya.com/support/r10602176-disk_drive_may_failing_or_disk_boot
For some things that will help.
I do this for fun and feed back, not $$$$
Jim
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