Re: Inspiron 2500 problems


"DonC" <coondwc_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob Levine" <robjlevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> DonC wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Trying to fix my daughter's notebook.
>>>
>>> Here are the symptoms:
>>>
>>> 1- Under Win XP boots to Sign-In screen; the fans speed up and it shuts
>>> down. Always at the same point.
>>>
>>> 2- Under Win XP -- Safe Mode -- boots fully but can't read CD.
>>>
>>> 3- Under Win-ME Startup Floppy: Boots to DOS. Can read CD.
>>>
>>> 4- In Safe Mode, I can read the Dell "Drivers, Utilities, &
>>> Applications System Software" CD from an external CD-Reader. But I
>>> can't use the CD since it tells me to reboot from the CD. It fails and
>>> I can't reboot with the disk in the external CD.
>>>
>>> 5- I pulled the laptop drive and connected it to my desktop. Scandisk
>>> found no errors. Passed virus scan. I did manage to save off all her
>>> data to my hard drive.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately she didn't bring the Dell Win-XP disk with her so I can't
>>> yet try a reinstallation.
>>
>> Do you have an XP installation CD handy? Her laptop will have a CD key on
>> it that you should be able to use from any XP CD.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Yes I do. Hadn't thought about that one. I have one for my HP laptop and
> a XP Home I purchased for my wife's desktop.

Tried it but failed. System appears to be gearing up to read the WinXP
CD -- CD speeds up -- but then the fans kick in and it shuts down.





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