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I turn the laptop on....at bottom right hand corner F2 Setup and F12 Boot Options appears...then the screen goes blank and on the top left hand corner Time-of -day clock stopped with a flashing line appears ......it wont let me do anything ....please help
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From the description the hard drive has failed or windows has corrupt files. Unplug power supply from laptop and remove main battery, press and hold power for 2 minutes to remove residual voltage. when finished install battery and power supply now power up.
Yes, this sounds like the traditional black screen issue, but it's
different! This machine is a Dell Dimension 3000 with XP. System won't
boot. After Blue Dell BIOS splash screen with F2 & F12 options, it
just goes black. There will ultimately be a white cursor in the upper
left hand corner. I can edit BIOS with F2, I can get in to the boot
menu with F12, but I can't do anything after that. I can even get in to
the Safe Mode menu (F8), but it never boots.
Usually you would use the OS installation disk to get into restore mode (be careful, you don't want to accidentally delete everything by reinstalling the OS).
It should still be under warranty!!! So if I were you, and if you need a little hand holding, call Dell Customer support at 1-877-293-1197. Have your model number, serial code (usually somewhere on the bottom of the laptop), and setup disks for that computer handy before you call them.
They may walk you through a few procedures to try first before resorting to restore mode, but just be patient with them.
If it won't let you go to safe mode,then there's something that the BIOS(setup) or Boot Manager needs before starting the operating system(Windows Vista). You should have a Toshiba Recovery Disk which will fix this . The disk will not touch any of your current files and data,so don't worry about that.
Hello, The Operating System in your hard disk gone corrupt, you need new installation of Operating System using boot from CD/DVD. P.S. Formating of Harddisk is recommended, because it seems the act of virus infection Good Luck DO rate if helps
Hi. Try these simple steps: Restart your computer and press F8 when you see the Dell Screen. In the advanced Windows Option, choose Last Know-Good Configuration and press Enter. If nothing happens and you didn't boot to windows, you may need to reset the system back to factory image.
To do that, Do the first 2 steps if you're using Vista. If you're using Windows XP, on the Dell logo, Press Ctrl+F11 to boot from the recovery partition. Follow the instructions to recover system back to factory image.
Take out the hard drive completely and then see if you hear the clicking noise, if you do then that means the hard drive is bad. Also if it goes right to another message and you don't see the blinking cursor then that also verifies that the hard drive was bad and causing the system to hang.
Turn on (or restart) your computer. When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F12>. The Boot Device Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a number next to it. At the bottom of the menu, enter the number of the device that is to be used for the current boot only.
If this works and you want to change the setting permanently do the following:
Turn on (or restart) your computer. When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press <F2>. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Boot Sequence menu option and press <Enter> to access the menu. NOTE: Write down your current boot sequence in case you want to restore it. Press the up- and down-arrow keys to move through the list of devices. Press the spacebar to enable or disable a device (enabled devices have a checkmark). Press plus (+) or minus (–) to move a selected device up or down the list.
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