20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Check your cables the system recognizes the projector. Usually color problems are caused by faulty cables.

The most probable, as far as I know, the hard drive is dying. Please test the laptop with a healthy (or brand new) hard drive.

i found this very good guide: 1. If your operating system is XP, CTRL and F11 key simultaneously when you see the dell logo after turning on the Laptop and follow the screen instructions. * Power the computer on. * When the Dell screen appears press and hold the CTRL and F11 key simultaneously on the keyboard, then release them both at the same time. The Dell PC Restore by Symantec window appears. * Click the Restore button or press the key to highlight Restore and press the key. A caution message appears advising that all data will be lost. * Click the Confirm button or press the key to highlight Confirm and press the key. The Progress window appears. Once the process is begun, Dell PC Restore usually takes only 8 to 10 minutes to complete. When the restore is complete, the message The system recovery process was successful appears. * Click the Finish button or press the key to highlight Finish and press the key. The computer will restart. 2. If your operating system is VISTA / Win 7, tap F8 key when you see the dell logo. It will take you to advanced boot menu options under which you will see Repair your Computer, Select that option and enter your password if it asked, then you will be seeing list of options like system restore, command promt, etc., In that the last option says Dell PC restore or some thing like that. Select that option and follow the screens .. Thats it. * Start the computer. * As the computer starts, press the F8 key until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen. * Press the (Down Arrow) to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced Boot Options menu, and then press Enter. * Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. * Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. * Click Dell Factory Image Restore. * In the Dell Factory Image Restore window, click Next. * Click to select the check box for Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition. * Click Next. The computer is restored to the default factory configuration. * When the restore operation is completed, click Finish to restart the computer. 3. If in both case, the Factory default didn't work, then your laptop's factory image defaults partition have vanished (i.e. Corrupted / Deleted). So you have to do Operating System re installation with the Operating System CD / DVD shipped along with laptop. Follow the below link to install windows XP Pro on your own.

If you are not afraid to open the box, the simple fix would be to remove the cpu battery(looks like a quarter) for about 30 seconds and replace, then boot up. At that point it will ask for information such as date and time, but then you can access the bios

Forgetting your Windows administrator login password. With no way to get into the system, you can’t even perform basic maintenance, let alone a thorough tune-up. Formatting is always an option, but we consider that a last resort. (Plus, guess who’s going to have to help reinstall all the programs lost after a wipe?) But all hope is not lost. There are a few ways to actually retrieve a lost Windows account password. Read on, and we’ll show you the light.

1st Method:
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account "Administrator" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type "Administrator" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from "Control Panel -> User Accounts".
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

2th Method:
There are a lot of Windows password revealers and crackers available, but we’ve found that Windows Password Recovery Tool is the most effective.:
Windows Password Recovery Tool is one of the easiest password recovery tools to use. It allows you to reset a user account password, including the Administrator password. It is also a relatively small download.
Windows Password Recovery Tool Service: http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com

You must first make sure that your boot up mode is set to read the player first. The button varies with computer manufacturer, but is usually F10. It can be F8 or F5 or even F2. Check your manual.Restart your computer and press F10 whilst starting.If that doesn't work, try the others one by one.When you find the one that works, set the boot mode to start at your dvd/cd drive.Then insert Windows 7 and restart the computer. Should install now.

may be some failure in os re-install and try it again if he problem is still their check the battery with other similar laptop or your battery sensor inside laptop may have some problem take it to the service center

You can visit your PC manufacturer`s website to download the latest driver and this shall hopefully solve your problem.

Are you close to any electrical signal?
For example lamps,cordless telephone, tv,, speakers?

Probably it is the card reader. Goto dell.com and type in your Service Tag and download the driver.

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if it works...say THANKS

To get your administrator password reset, you can make use of some practical and powerful tools like Windows Password Killer. It's the most effficient and the safeset way.

jaafar,Change your Windows password Your Windows password is the password you use to log on to your computer. You can help keep your computer more secure by changing your Windows password regularly and by using a strong password.

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then click Change a password.
2. Type your old password, type your new password, type your new password again to confirm it, and then press Enter.

If you have forgotten your password and you have a password reset disk, you can reset your password. If you do not have a password reset disk and you have forgotten the password you will need to reinstall Windows or search the internet for password reset software.Thank You,Dell-Jesse LDell Social Media and Communities

runzu,You can click the link below to download the Ricoh Card Reader Driverhttp://dell.to/14XZAjHThank You,Dell-Jesse LDell Social Media and Communities