My system just keeps reading the hard disk.... and reading.... and reading

Dude! Seriously Run a 90-90 Hard Drive Diagnostics (Dell=99 Hard Drive Confidence Test Utility) on your System. These are signs of HDD Failure in the future.........Backup everything you can onto discs(On RW's if Possible). To run the 90-90 Diags on your I600m.

Running the Hard Drive Diagnostics from the BIOS To start the BIOS hard drive diagnostic, perform the following steps:

same time. The computer beeps once to acknowledge that the hard drive diagnostics have been initiated and the following message appears:

IDE Diagnostics running, please wait Primary

Drive 0: (Drive Model) -

The test may take up to three minutes to run the diagnostics (the time is dependent upon the size and speed of the drive). When the diagnostics are complete, one of the following messages appear:

IDE Diagnostics running, please wait

Primary

Drive 0: (Drive Model) - Pbutt Drive 1: No IDE Device

Secondary Drive 0: (CD-ROM Model) - Diagnostics not supported Drive 1: No IDE Device

NOTE: A Primary Drive 0: failure message may also appear. Proceed to the If the Hard Drive Diagnostics Reports Failures section. An error code does not indicate a definite drive failure. If the Hard Drive Diagnostics Reports Failures

If the Primary Drive 0: indicates a failure, perform the following steps:

Reseat the drive and confirm that the hard drive is recognized in the BIOS settings.

If the diagnostics continue to fail, you can communicate by e-mail with a Dell Technical Support Rpresentative for additional troubleshooting buttistance. Navigate to the following link and select the option that

Hey Trust me this is the best Procedure for all DELL H-W.