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[bon jo]

Hello,
i have a inspiron 6400 lap top i have a blank screen with a press ctrl+alt+del to restart i dont know what to do to fix it

 

[ksiemb]

Hello,
i have a inspiron 6400 lap top i have a blank screen with a press ctrl+alt+del to restart i dont know what to do to fix it

boot from your windows cd. try to get to command prompt and run chkdsk on the hard drive. Read error would indicate that is the problem.