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computer crashed HELP PLEASE
Name: norman51 Date: July 30, 2006 at 04:49:13 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1.8ghz 512 Product: dell dimension 2400
Comment:
Yes this computer crashed last night and all it does now is show the dell page and makes a banging noise.I had gone on it to shut it down and as soon as the page came up it turned blue and at the bottom it stated it was begining to start dumping so i shut it down and now all it does is comes up to this page.Please help
Name: street1 Date: July 30, 2006 at 05:14:40 Pacific
Reply:
Banging noises usually are...
1.Bad CD left in optical drive(CDROM} or,optical drive malfunction.
2.Fan
3.Hard drive failing
4.Lost small pets.
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Response Number 2
Name: mattie Date: July 30, 2006 at 05:25:22 Pacific
Reply:
are you able to boot into safe mode?
if yes, do a system restore.
as for the banging noise, see response 1, make sure no cd is in the drive.
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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Response Number 3
Name: norman51 Date: July 30, 2006 at 07:37:46 Pacific
Reply:
OK street1 and Mattie here is what is going on with the machine right now.I just started it up and now I am seeing nothing but the blue page that says microsoft windows XP.That is as far as it goes.It is just sitting there.Thank you for answering.There is no CD in the CDROM and the banging noise is gone.It is just displaying this blue page with the writing on it.
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Response Number 4
Name: norman51 Date: July 30, 2006 at 09:45:16 Pacific
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To anybody that can help me..This machine is driving me crazy.Now when I turn it on I am getting a page that says BOOT FAILURE system halted.That is as far as i can get.All suggestions appreciated
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Response Number 5
Name: ham30 Date: July 30, 2006 at 09:59:47 Pacific
Reply:
If and when you have decided that all is lost and you don't care about saving any of your data, try the following:
Start your computer, hold down the CTRL key and press F11 to access the system recovery wizard.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 6
Name: norman51 Date: July 30, 2006 at 13:53:23 Pacific
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Thank you Ham30 Tried what you suggested and all I am getting is Boot failure:system halted
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Response Number 7
Name: ham30 Date: July 30, 2006 at 15:57:04 Pacific
Reply:
I suspect that your hard drive might have died. If you have a Dell utility to check the drice, try that. Otherwise you can download a diagnostic from the hard drive manufacturer's web site.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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