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Originally Posted by mbpark
The Inspirons usually don't have the diagnostic partition, the Latitudes do.
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My Inspiron (purchased two years ago) does have a diagnostic partition. I recently upgraded that hardware diagnostic from the Dell web site.
On the bottom is a Service Tag number. Use that number to quickly access all upgrades that apply to your machine from Dell's web site - including latest BIOS and hardware diagnostic.
As Mitch says, these diagnotics can be downloaded even onto bootable (DOS) floppies - or other media.