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Asked: 2021-11-30T03:26:57+00:00 In:

No Boot Sector On Laptop HDD (Error 0148)

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This is the message I get when booting/rebooting my laptop. When I place the Operating System Disk in the CD Drive I get the following message:

My hard drive on my laptop crashed and was reformatted but had to be reinstalled. I placed the Operating System Disk in the laptop and I get the following Error Message:

Error Code 0148
msg: Error Code 2000-0148
msg: Hard Optical Drive 0 – incorrect status 1 A Error
Register: 0020h
sense information: (02-0401)
sense data: 70h 00h 02h 00h 00h 00h 00h 0Ah 00h 00h 00h 00h 04h 01h 00h 00h 00h 00h

Can someone please instruct me on what I need to do to from here?

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    1. Pre-Boot System Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Error Codes For Dell Computers – KB Article – 300428
      http://support.dell.com/support/top…

      2000-0148 = IDE error

      How to Fix:

      Remove and reinstall the CD/DVD Drive for the error codes:

      * 1000-0147
      * 2000-0147
      * 1000-0148
      * 2000-0148
      * 2000-0149

      Please see the Service manual for instructions on how to remove and replace the CD/DVD Drive. Be sure to remove and reinstall the cables for the CD/DVD Drive if you are on a Desktop Computer.
      ……

      This is a Dell ONLY error code.

      To find the Service manual for your model, simply search the web using:

      (name and model of Dell computer) manuals

      e.g. Inspiron xxx manuals

      One of the first few “hits” will be the Dell manuals for your model.
      If you find the page with all the manuals, the Service manual is at the Documentation link.

      If you’re not sure what your specific model is,
      Go here for how to find the Service tag “number”:
      http://support.dell.com/support/top…

      Use that Service tag “number” to search the Dell site for support for your model.
      The specific model number is obvious on the first resulting page you see.
      ……

      If doing that doesn’t help, you either need to replace the optical drive because it’s defective, or there is something else seriously wrong with the hardware on your laptop.

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