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PLEASE HELP Sick Laptop

Harrietxxx · 2009-09-28 13:32:22

My daughter's laptop is poorly. It is a DELL Inspiron 1525 bought in May last year. When I turn it on I briefly get the Dell screen then just a blank screen with the cursor flashing in top left corner. I cannot use any of the letters etc to type anything. Next to the on button are three padlock thingys and the last one…

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davb Posts: 1,293 Forumite

7 October 2009 at 8:26PM

The error message looks like the hard drive is faulty. You could try just removing it and putting it back in case it's a loose connection - it's easy to do.
The service manual is here Click on Hard Drive and follow the instructions.

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