In a moronic fit of a rage, my mother ended up smashing her laptop shut, and now it "won't work". It'll boot up, get to a dell loading screen for a few seconds then say 'A disk read error occurred, press ctrl+alt+del to restart.'
It will restart if you press said keys, but loops again to the disc read error. I went to the boot menu and and diagnostics, and this was the only error:
DST Short Status Test
FAIL
Error Code: 0000-0146
msg: Unit O:IDE status failed status byte = 64 ControlCode = 1
msg= No additional sense information.
It was also making beeps when this error came up, I believe three in a row.
What I want to know is, would I be able to fix this for her, or does she need to take it in to the shop? Or is it trash? (this is the third laptop she had broken <.<)
Edit: Laptop is a Dell, unknown exact brand, but probably old. Running on Windows XP.
Thanks!
It will restart if you press said keys, but loops again to the disc read error. I went to the boot menu and and diagnostics, and this was the only error:
DST Short Status Test
FAIL
Error Code: 0000-0146
msg: Unit O:IDE status failed status byte = 64 ControlCode = 1
msg= No additional sense information.
It was also making beeps when this error came up, I believe three in a row.
What I want to know is, would I be able to fix this for her, or does she need to take it in to the shop? Or is it trash? (this is the third laptop she had broken <.<)
Edit: Laptop is a Dell, unknown exact brand, but probably old. Running on Windows XP.
Thanks!