Hi everyone,i have this Dell machine that's running win xp professional and it's really driving me to the wall.When it's booting it comes up with some funny looking words and doesn't completely boot.
Removed the hard disk and used another machine on it and it works just fine.
What could be the problem?Was suspecting the BIOS could be the culprit but am not sure.
When i press F2 takes me to the setup but with the same funny language.Please help urgently
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Jump to PostTell us more about the "Funny looking words."
Jump to PostRemove your main board battery for 5 mins and replace, re-boot and see how it is with the BIOS reset.
If not, can you start in safe mode? If so, what do you get then?
Have you tried a XP repair using your XP CD?
Jump to Postcall Dell support. you probably need a bios update
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