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You do not state the issue. Cannot 'fix' no issue.

Download Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (USB version) from this link http://blog.omotech.com/?p=830 and follow the prompts to bypass admin password

What is the exact error that you are getting? Do you get any blue screens? Have you installed any software recently or made any changes? I can only suggest checking the power cables and trying to use a different cable or spare if you have any for now.

case size what? (this tell what mobo is inside) yeah.OS is what window 10?what is in your hand USB? device, cant guess that.do all ports fail?is USB 2 and 3 ports all turned on IN BIOS F2 pages.does keyboard USB fail on any USB portsdoes it fail in BIOS windows only or that and BIOS screens too. if fails in BIOS too, that means the ports some are tuned off in BIOS.

try asking dell

http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_latitude_laptop/latitude-e4200_service%20manual_en-us.pdf

I haven't before this heard of such a thing. I am wondering how you have determined this figure and what exactly you mean - do you mean the 1TB drive is now considerably less than 1TB? Perhaps you mean the available space on the drive is reducing by 10Gb per day? If the latter it suggests your computer is downloading lots of stuff without your knowledge and if the former it suggests the hard drive is failing. I suggest you connect your hard drive to a different computer via a usb adaptor and run the check disc utility and examine the contents to discover whether there is content on it you didn't put there.

Restart the laptop and after the dell logo appears then disappears press the f8 key repeatedly until you see the "Advanced Boot Options" menu. Then highlight "Repair your computer" and press enter.

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-ph/sln153567/how-to-find-warranty-status-and-information-for-your-dell-product?lang=en

Press Ctrl-P while booting up Management Engine will open use 'admin' as the password you are required to set up a new p/w, do it. It will prompt and say if you do it will reset, that's what is required! then exit, once it restarts, the error message disappears!! now you can install OS as usual

first post what PC you own. or ask dell.com

What color(s) is (are) the blinking light? Is the blink a simple on/off or is there a pattern to the blinks (long/short)? Do any other lights come on and blink? (These could be on the keyboard or the battery health indicator LED.) If the light that is blinking amber or orange indicates that the system has failed the Power On Self-Test (POST). If the blinking light is white, the system is in sleep mode. Try disconnecting the power adapter. Take out the battery and remove all external peripherals. Press and hold the power button for 20-30 seconds to discharge the system's capacitors. Try to restart the machine with only the battery and AC adapter. Did the behavior change? You can remove memory and the hard drive to check if those are causing a POST failure. Reinstall one memory stick at a time if you have a pair or more. If you can get to the Dell splash screen, try pressing F12 to launch the diagnostics. (You may have to press the key repeatedly starting from a cold boot.) If the blinking light is alternating orange and white, then you could have a problem with the motherboard, battery or AC charging system. Since you believe that the battery and adapter are OK, then the problem would likely be the motherboard has been damaged. The damage could be at the connection for the charger or somewhere else. I hope this helps. Cindy Wells

You will need to go to customer care it will be great if your device still has warranty.

besides the non standard dells, BTX junk yours is only old ATX. yours is very old. with PATA power supply. ,Optiplex. and the very old 20pin power plug, not 24. 2003 year, 17 years old. yellow is +12v. and red is +5vd black is common ground. the 20 pin is like this. for sure. this is in the wiki, under PSU standard spec. for sure. on beanh jump pin 13 to 14 and it turns on. no videos needed, all this is in the wiki.

was it like when purchased?return if it was

Larry NG and JonSnell are right, so you have few options. One method is to try as many passwords as you can think of, since unfortunately, many people re-use the same passwords for different purposes. The Dell website has a Contact option for help, but as they advised you here already, that may not give you a good option. They may want to know more information than you provided here. What model Dell is it, for example? https://www.dell.com/support/incidents-online/en-us/contactus/Dynamic

First thing to do is make sure all the RAM and other connections are good and try again. IF the issue persists, take things out, remove everything but the monitor and see if you can see the POST screen, then power it off and put in the RAM and try again, then do the hard disk etc, You may be able to narrow it down that way.

1-3-1 through 2-4-4 DIMMs not being properly identified or used need remove all ram and insert one at a time

why not ask at dell.com (sure the endless laughter and taunts) ;-) is this a laptop, and is useless now. totally. but the battery is bad, remove the big battery it is shorted now. then the coin cell battery went dead 2 decades go. and now the HDD is bad. why in the world waste or worse money on this junk far far better fish in the sea, far newer, and cheap. used. this lappy has CCFL back lamps that went bad long ago. no fix for that under $100. this PC has no value at all, why mess with this pig.

Click on Start ' Control Panel ' Power Options. Set the Turn off Monitor/ Turn off Hard Disks option when on Power (and also Battery for laptop users) to Never.