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Clearing the Dell Diagnostics Log
Posted on 2011-03-09
I'm using a Dell Latitude D620 running Windows XP Pro. The hard drive had a bad sector which I repaired but the Dell Diagnostics is still reporting that it has an error because of it's previous log. How would I clear this log file?
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Could we have a bit more info about the problem.
1) Is the Dell Diagnostics run from the BIOS, CD/DVD or is it a windows application?
2) How far into the boot up sequence can you actually get?
3) Have you tried a BIOS update, current version is listed on the Dell support site as version A10
1) Is the Dell Diagnostics run from the BIOS, CD/DVD or is it a windows application?
2) How far into the boot up sequence can you actually get?
3) Have you tried a BIOS update, current version is listed on the Dell support site as version A10
When I boot the machine I hit F12 and choose Dell Diagnostics. The machine boots up fine but I'm annoyed that the one test still fails because of an error was logged in a previous test. That is why I would like to clear the log file. The BIOS is already at A10.
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You could try removing the laptop battery, power cable & CMOS battery (small lithium battery inside the laptop) for about a minute or so as this will clear the BIOS settings and possibly the log file along with it.
If that doesn't work then the log file is probably stored on either a diagnostics partition on the HDD, or the on-board chip which stores things like the master password etc... and does not require power to keep its memory.
If its a partition then you could see if you can access it from within windows and clear the data (probably a .txt or .log file or something)
If the data is stored on the chip it gets a bit extreme just to clear some log file data. Just take a look at this vid on Youtube (not all relevant as his laptop has a master password on it.)
Sorry if this isn't much help, I'll keep looking tho
If that doesn't work then the log file is probably stored on either a diagnostics partition on the HDD, or the on-board chip which stores things like the master password etc... and does not require power to keep its memory.
If its a partition then you could see if you can access it from within windows and clear the data (probably a .txt or .log file or something)
If the data is stored on the chip it gets a bit extreme just to clear some log file data. Just take a look at this vid on Youtube (not all relevant as his laptop has a master password on it.)
Sorry if this isn't much help, I'll keep looking tho
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maybe it's the smart log you are talking about? --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
that cannot be cleared...
that cannot be cleared...
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