My Dell Inspiron 5559 will not boot it just keeps showing operating system has no signature incompatible with secure boot all bootable devices failed secure boot verification

SOURCE: #1508 Bad directory buffer signature

Hi, if this is a fairly new installed XP you're probably better off: repartitioning, reformat and reinstall WinXP but this will delete all contents of the hard drive. If however there are a good number of critical/important files you would want to save/copy, there are two (2) ways of going about saving/copying those files but both involve access to a working computer. (1) remove your Travelstar 5K100 from the laptop and using a 44 to 40 pin adaptor, connect it to the working pc which should recognize it as another hd and therefore you can copy your files to that pc. There are many sites that explains how to do this. You can try Google search or http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/laptop+hard+drive.html. (2) another method is to boot and run your OS from your cd. While this does not involve physically removing your laptop's hard disk, it might be a bit challenging preparing the bootable CD with an OS. The procedure is better explained at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/. This will run your laptop although a bit slow however, you can access the hd and save it to a thumbdrive or if you have a lan to another computer. Please let me know if this works ok with you. Good luck and regards.

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SOURCE: No bootable devices on my Dell Inspiron 1150

My Laptop Inspiron 2200 With Windows XP only boot with the C drive when I remove the CD-DVD-CD drive. Otherwise ,I am asked to go to Bios to reconfigure the booting order.
The CD-dvd can not be pick-up by Plug and Play .

As a result I can only use the Laptop without the CD-DVD

When I reconnect the DVD it will not boot.

I have inspected every single pin in the DVD and from the Motherboard I can not see any damages

What do you think is the problem?

SOURCE: dell inspiron 8000 without operating system

First, if you are still running Vista on your desktop then you will need to buy a license for the laptop. Does the laptop have a WinXP on it now? If so, go here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx and run the Vista Upgrade Advisor. If not, determine the hardware specifications of your laptop and go here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx Compare your laptops specs to those listed for the version of Vista you wish to install.

SOURCE: MY SYSTEM SAYS NO BOOTABLE DEVICE--INSERT BOOT

Okay, first things first. Unplug everything except for the power cord. Make sure the floppy drive (if you have one) and CD-ROM drive are empty. Go into your computer BIOS settings and make sure that the computer is set to boot from your hard drive first. (Depending on the computer, usually holding down F2, F4, F6, F8, or even other function buttons will allow you to do this. Not all of the buttons at once, but just hold each one down when you start the computer until the BIOS comes up). If this doesn't work, your Hard Drive is either corrupted, all information has been deleted, or simply came loose over time. You may be able to fix this yourself. The easiest solution is to reformat your computer using the original disks your computer came with. You can also use a licensed copy of Windows disk.

If you have information to recover, I would look into Bart's PE Builder (google it), although that requires another computer. If you have access to another computer there are many boot disks that you can download or buy.

If none of these work, try getting your computer into DOS mode. It's much harder with XP and Vista, but Windows ME and earlier it should be an option. simply type C:\ at the prompt, cd windows, dir/w. This will tell you if windows is still there. At least then you'll know your options. If windows is gone, the only way to get it back is to reinstall it. I hope something in here helps someone.

SOURCE: Dell Inspiron 5100 will not boot. Error ide

The hard disk is dead, it must be replaced and Windows reinstalled .

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