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bl6377   02-23-2005 at 07:28:55 AM

My friends Dell 8200 won't boot past the windows home edition screen and then it goes to a dark blue or black screen and freezes! Any ideas?

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Ned_Flanders   02-23-2005 at 01:07:40 PM
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repair? Boot off the XP cd and choose repair install

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bl6377   02-23-2005 at 05:19:55 PM
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I tried to reboot off the cd and it gets to the same point and stops.

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Zoron   02-23-2005 at 06:31:06 PM
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You did press any key to boot from CD when prompted, correct? And the CD-ROM is set in the boot order to boot before the HD, correct?

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bl6377   02-24-2005 at 06:51:32 AM
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Yes I tried it and the boot order was is the correct order. Also tried to re-install and it stops when searching for installed programs.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bl6377 on 02/24/05 02:10 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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joe_tlj   02-25-2005 at 05:44:37 PM
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It sounds like you have hardware issues. try removing all but the esential components, and check for chared parts, or blown capacitors. If the screen just freezes, but the computer continues to work, i.e. blinking LEDs, keyboard lights change when toggled, hard drive sounds, chances are your video card is shot.

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bl6377   02-27-2005 at 08:07:52 PM
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I tried all that and I think I have it down to the hard drive crashed!

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RichPLS   02-27-2005 at 08:20:21 PM
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Sounds like you need to re-format drive and install.
I have seen something on this at MS Technet, but don't recall specifics. Something about Windows getting corrupted, and some files to replace to try to repair.

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Codesmith   02-27-2005 at 08:55:27 PM
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Run memtest 86 to see if its the memory, run the manufacturer's diagnosit ultilty to see if its the hard drive.

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