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Beatrice57
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January 18th, 2006 17:00
BSOD Dell 4600
Hi - I've got a 4600 3.0 Ghz 40 Gig Seagate HD where I'm getting the dreaded BSOD - I cannot even boot ito SAFE mode. Everytime I go to start the system it starts up but all I get is the BSOD. Got a mesasge the the boot volume cannot be loaded - or something like that. Can anyone please give me some suggestions - I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
By the way, the system is out of warranty.
Thanks again
Beatrice57
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Posted January 20th, 2006 15:00
Hi - Thank you for the suggestion and advice. I finally was able to run check disk it found some errors in the HD and said it fixed them. After that I re-booted and everythig seems OK. I think that I may purcahse another HD though - seems like this may be a warning the the HD has seen better days.
Thanks again,
shesagordie
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Posted January 20th, 2006 18:00
Beatrice57In this situation, I would replace the hard drive ASAP. But, in the meantime, keep a back up of all the crucial data, you wish to keep, in case you have a catastrophic hard drive failure.Did you run diagnostic's extended test on the hard drive? Reboot the computer, when the Dell logo appears, press F12, a boot device list should appear, then highlight the "Boot to Utility" Partition and press "Enter",.choose the "Extended" test and the test to run.Bev.Message Edited by shesagordie on 01-20-2006 02:05 PM
shesagordie
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Posted January 18th, 2006 20:00