Dell mini notebook

nobody on earth uses PATA now
that ended 21 years ago

first learn to test the boot HDD first.
we test it and if fails it must be replaced
no OS on earth runs on any bad HDD, SSD or M.2 drive.
period,.]
so we test it, as how, answered here 100000 times.

the PATA Canard is a lie
2008
some lame-ish PCs the bios is daft and reports
IDE or PATA errors and there is no such thing
this is called vistagle lies. seen it for years after 2001 but 2008 is lazy BIOS builders.
then,.
this mini cam with SSD card.
there is no PATA, HDD , no SATA hdd.

page 34

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1165303/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-9-910.html?page=34#manual


still running XP wow , who does that?

the 8GB SSD must be tested first.
then erased
the the OS installed again.

ask how. (id boot to linux demo disk to do that) and XP last.
or use XP installer to delete the old 30GB old partition and make XP start fresh load. .

now that CMOS coin dead, at 8 year mark
fully normal


page 11 read and replace it
and


https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1165303/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-9-910.html?page=11&term=coin&selected=1#manual

and reset BIOS next

here. the 9 steps after new coin....
https://www.pcdied.com/cmos.html#Reset_only.

maybe the old XP and HDD are good
after all the coin cell bad makes boot order WRONG. and XP dies dead
but XP is not dead
just the silly $1 coin. kaput, at 7 year stated life span.

right click on your desktop,select "personalize"
select desktop background,choose any background of your choice and click on OK

The Dell mini comes with the 1GB memory and the atom processor which is a very low configuration... This system is deticated for internet purpose alone... The system can be upgraded to any version of windows but it will make your computer even very slow.. So use the windows that came along with it.. Use the disk defragmentar and the disk cleanup periodically that may increase the system speed

My system shipped with a 160GB, Serial Ata 9.5, 5.4K, SA160, 10 months later the HDD died, Dell replaced it with a 160G, Serial Ata 9.5, 5.4, SE080.

Well the old Dell takes ATA connections. Newer laptops are SATA. Which did you buy?
A new disk drive needs to be partitioned and the operating system needs loaded. Did you do that?
Did you back up all your data to an external device so you can load it on the new disk?

Check the manufacturer's web-site:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=2684&l=en&s=pub&os=WW1&osl=en&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4500&catid=-1&impid=-1

for your (7-year-old) model, and you'll find a list of PATA (Parallel-ATA) disk-drives recommended by Dell, up to 120GB. Any PATA disk-drive that you can buy, up to 500GB, should also work.

All ATA-100 disks will work. Pick one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007605+600003451&QksAutoSugge
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Hi, has this mini been opened up to add more memory?
I would suggest that before you conclude that the ATA bus is damaged, open the mini up and see if the ATA connector is still connected to the motherboard. (It's the same connector for both drives).

it depends on u;re BIOS ! So check u;re bios and manual ...

(for example if it supports ata-4 (ultra-ata/33) )then the limit will be 128G !