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 Sep 1 2008, 06:10 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 30-September 06 Member No.: 87,775  |
I've tried starting in safe mode, and restarting, didn't work. I tried starting in safe mode with system restore to a point in time where I know it was working. didn't work. I started in safe mode, ran spy bot, and virus scan. Nothing wrong in either scan. It wouldn't allow me to run Ad Aware. I've had no signs of any virus, malware, adware, etc. Yesterday, I just tryed to flip open the laptop (which was on at the time) from being closed and got a black screen. I held down the power button to shut it off and try to restart it, but it's been like this ever since. I just can't get it to startup Windows. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! |
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Sep 1 2008, 06:34 PM
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 Bleepin' Cynic Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,235 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 94,959 |
Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD drive, and then restart the computer. Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD drive if you are prompted. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
Type: chkdsk /r It's important to have a space before the "/". To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. -------------------- Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
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Sep 1 2008, 06:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 30-September 06 Member No.: 87,775 |
Hi Budapest, Thanks for your reply.
I did not receice a Windows XP CD with my refurbished Dell laptop... 
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Sep 1 2008, 07:45 PM
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Did you receive any restore diskettes from DELL? If not you can order them from DELL at some price.
-------------------- Never argue with morons, its waste of time...
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Sep 1 2008, 09:16 PM
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While in safe mode, you can try running msconfig from run box, and unchecking everything in your startup, then try regular mode. See what that does.
-------------------- Frank O' The Mountain
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Sep 1 2008, 10:28 PM
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Bleepin' Cynic Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,235 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 94,959 |
Actually, you can run chkdsk from Safe Mode.
Right click on the C drive in Explorer and go Properties > Tools > Check Now (under Error Checking). Check both boxes then click "Start Now". A message will pop up saying that Error Checking will run after you restart the computer. Restart the computer and Error Checking will run automatically after the restart. After it’s finished it will restart into Windows automatically. -------------------- Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
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Sep 2 2008, 06:48 AM
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 Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Dell's typically come with several restore disks. One of them is usually a different color from the rest (which are blue) - that is the Operating System disk and is used for these repairs.
Usually, with Windows, a problem of this sort (often called the Black Screen of Death) is either a file system issue or a video driver issue. In the event that chkdsk /r doesn't fix the problem, there's 3 other steps to try (and 2 require the disk): 1) Run FIXMBR from the Recovery Console (needs the disk) 2) Run FIXBOOT from the Recovery Console (needs the disk) 3) Uninstall your video drivers and install the latest version from the manufacturer of your video card (not the one's from Dell) -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Sep 3 2008, 08:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 30-September 06 Member No.: 87,775 |
Sorry for the slow reply. And thanks for all the responses.
I don't know what I did, but my laptop is working now. I hit F8 while it tried to start up, selected reboot and it started right up and has been working flawlessly ever since... Thanks again! |
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Sep 4 2008, 07:10 AM
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Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
"Nothing succeeds like success!"
Glad you got it to work! -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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