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Dell Laptop Boot Problem
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I am having a problem with my Dell Inspiron 6000. It just started today.
When I turn it on it goes through the dell boot screen fine. but after that when it would normally load windows i get a black screen with a curser blinking in the upper left hand corner..
This computer worked fine yesterday. And i havn't made any software or hardware changes.
Any ideas before I attempt to reformat the hdd?
I did blow it out with compessed airm it seems pretty clean. hardly any dust came out.
When I turn it on it goes through the dell boot screen fine. but after that when it would normally load windows i get a black screen with a curser blinking in the upper left hand corner..
This computer worked fine yesterday. And i havn't made any software or hardware changes.
Any ideas before I attempt to reformat the hdd?
I did blow it out with compessed airm it seems pretty clean. hardly any dust came out.
Last edited by brentv911; Jan 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pm. Reason: forgot something
I just took the drive out of my laptop and put it into a USB enclosure and it works fine.. so i will be able to get my data off. I'm still wondering why it won't boot though.
hopefully it is just a boot sector problem and not the laptop itself
hopefully it is just a boot sector problem and not the laptop itself
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Perhaps the drive had come unplugged while inside your laptop?
Do you have a CD or any other media devices attached to your laptop when you try to boot?
Do you have a CD or any other media devices attached to your laptop when you try to boot?
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Originally Posted by MatEpp 
Perhaps the drive had come unplugged while inside your laptop?
Do you have a CD or any other media devices attached to your laptop when you try to boot?
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