20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 8200 Notebook Questions & Answers

Here is your Dell Hard Disk Master Password for HDD serial #44W4Z3Y3764-595BYour HDD Master Password is: w2cuzkedWhen asked for HDD Password use the HDD Master Password to unlock the HDD password. The Dell HDD Master Password is what Dell can calculate for you or a third party. Thanks to the great guys at unlockbiosrecovery.com for providing the HDD Master Password that will unlock your hard disk. They can unlock your laptop bios or hard disk.

Just do a "system restore" . If you don't know where it is, just do a search in your programs and files.

Have you tired using the electric cable instead of the battery? I presume you have. Does sound like it could be down to the power management in that case.

There are several possibilities this problem depending on what browser you are using. I would suggest updating Adobe Flash to the latest version and restarting your computer. If it still is not working try an alternative browser such as Firefox or Chrome.I hope that helps.

It can be 2 things: Or the screen is dying, or the graphics card is dying. Try to start up with an external screen and see if it still blinks. When its still blinking on the external screen, your graphics card is dying, if the external screen shows no issue, then your screen is dying.

LCD either has broken shield or its data cable needs to be firmly plugged

In windows operating system all the passwords (administrative, guest or user) are stored in encrypted form so it is not possible to recover (or obtain) them. In such situation the only option you have is to reset it either by using password reset disk or by password recovery software (click http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Reset+Windows+Password+stellar to search password reset software).

Boot up with a Dell Recovery CD to format your hard disk and install a fresh copy of Windows on your laptop.If you do not have a Recovery CD for your model laptop then you can get one from the Dell WEB site. You can download the device drivers from Dell WEB site, the support download page. Make sure you select your model desktop or laptop, better still, type in the Service Tag number, it is printed on the label on the bottom of the laptop and on the back or sides of a desktop. (If the Service Tag label is missing then go into the BIOS setting and on one of the BIOS pages, the Service Tag number will be displayed). This will open the page where the specific drivers for your model computer are located. Also make sure you select the Windows of the drivers for your Windows operating system. Click on this link to download the drivers: - http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Does the hard drive show up on your boot order? because if no detection is indicated that would explain why it is not working. Check out my computer to see if C Drive is present, check device manager that it is enabled.

Could you please provide the details of the error code, such as the numbers that appear that relate to the error code. Thanks

Press F2 repeatedly when the system is starting to access the System Setup area and find Load Defaults

Severe corruption. Since you can no longer boot in any way in it it's going to be extremely hard to fix it. Better just reinstall Windows from scratch. Use the recovery cd that should have come with the laptop. If you don't have it then just use a disk borrowed from a friend and the key on the label.

I was having the same problem but i fix up only mouse jus connect USB mouse to it then restart.

You need to download from DELL website, since there are more than one versions of the 8200, you should use the service tag instead, see here:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

you can get some really cool tiny little mouse these days or even one with a ball on top that you rotate,ive got an optical one on my standalone,its got a cable but its pretty smooth.
But first try to configure the touchpad in your settings,thaths the most likely problem that you can most probably fix yourself

Generally, the AC adapters make no noise, so if it is making a buzzing sound I'd replace it. They should be available on Ebay

go to the website and locate where you can download drivers/software, once you have done that look for the specific area and download the driver, or you can go to device manager and make sure the driver is working properly

Once you change the resolution to a smaller size and you see the black border, go into the monitor's menu and there should be settings for the Horizontal and Vertical size/position. Adjust those until it looks correct.

I hope this helps :)

Best Regards,

James