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Oh my days, now my laptop has completley broke, turns on then goes round and round starting itself from the beginning, ive tried all f8 settings, rebooting f12 all that, flashes up with no diagnostic uility partition found, to run diagnosic insert your dell driver and utilities cd then selsect ok to restart the system and boot off the cd! I dont have this cd so i guess its completley broke now? Any help gratefully appreciated!
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Last Known Good Configuration? So, what happens? Does it attempt to fix? Error message(s)?ive tried all f8 settingsits completley broke now?
Not necessarily hardware-wise, no; if the OS is indeed 'damaged' then can this be fixed :cool:0 -
last known configuration, just restarts itself again!0
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You will need a WinXP CD for sure or the Dell discs. Can the Dell Diagnostic files be downloaded?0
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although people always have a moan when this is suggested the reason for suggesting it is diagnostic at the moment,
if you have a DVD/CD burner on another computer i would download and burn of ubuntu (9.04 would be recommended by me as it is a bit more mature than 9.10) you can then set your bios to boot from CD and use it via 'live cd' mode this in itself should allow you to work out if it is a hardware fault or a software fault as the entire operating system works from the CD and your RAM,
if this works with no problems you can be safe to bet it is a case of windows rot where you will need to either reinstall windows (if you have the disks) or to go the whole hog and install ubuntu - if it doesnt work it will more than likely be a hardware failureDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
always_harrased wrote: »Oh my days, now my laptop has completley broke, turns on then goes round and round starting itself from the beginning,
There in lies your problem, you brought a disco ball!!“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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ive tried all f8 settings, rebooting f12 all that, flashes up with no diagnostic uility partition found
Is booting into Safe Mode an option? What happens when you try that?0 -
just one more thing if you do go down the ubuntu route, you must as ever, remember to back up any and all important documents if you can
if your system works with live cd you should be able to see all/most of your files on you hard drive and it would be worth while if you have a spare hard drive to copy these across
i would personally do this which ever route you have to go down if you do not have any copies already - which is another major bonus of at least trying the live cd routeDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
Ive got a Dell XP OEM CD, I wonder what the legalities are in ripping and passing on the ISO image though
“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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So long as you each have your own Windows Product Key, and it's the correct CD for the OP's machine, I don't see a problem.0
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