dell laptop wont boot?

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  1. mesa101

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    my friend has a dell inspiron laptop...that all the sudden wont boot...it just has a black screen with a few lines in the left corner...could this be a virus or a hardware issue?..usually a hard drive failure has a blue screen right?....

    and i dont think he was running any virus protection either...{i know what a dummy}..
     
    mesa101, Sep 4, 2007
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    What does the text say?
     
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    its just the command line blinking...no text
     
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    Theres so much that could be wrong I don't know were to start. The video could be shot but thats unlikely. There could be a problem with nearly any PC component, or the windows install could be corrupted.
     
    PeaInAPod, Sep 17, 2007
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    thanks for your help pea,,,,i bought a boot disk off the net and got it up and running again...i guess it just crashed?
     
    mesa101, Sep 17, 2007
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    Honestly I don't know. Your description although detailed was pretty broad and narrowing down the problem would have been very hard.
     
    PeaInAPod, Sep 18, 2007
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    edited by ddp
     
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    @teneford
    Why did you post that? It doesn't even fit into this thread.
     
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    teneford, knockoff the caps as is refered to as shouting. also post on topic not off topic.
    8. Don't reply with an off-topic comment/question -- instead start a new thread.
    9. No ALL CAPS MESSAGES or you will be banned (you know, turn the caps lock off before you type anything).
     
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