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Dell Laptop Died

  • 02-03-2011 12:41pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    Hi,
    I have a real nice Dell laptop, its about 5/6 years old and was running Xp. One day about 6 months ago it died, wouldnt boot up properly (blank black screen)... I took it to a repair place and they took a 5 minute look and said it had some crazy virus. They said due to its age and value it wasnt worth looking at from a cost perspective. They sold me a sata case so i could remove the HD and try and retrieve pictures etc. I managed to get some files back but the rest just looks like corrupted gobbildy gook..
    I still have a use for the laptop if i could get it up and running on the cheap. Could fixing it be as simple as installing a new sata hd and reinstalling windows?


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  • #2
    rhonin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭rhonin


    You wouldn't need to get a new hard drive straight away. Try re-installing windows on the current hard drive first.
    Do you know how they determined it was a virus? Did you notice any problems prior to it not booting up? Its quite possible the problem could be hardware related but I would certainly try re-installing windows first.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    not sure how they determined it tbh I didnt bother to update/re-subscribe my anti-virus for some time.. might explain it. Nope, it was going like a clock up to that. I have formatted the HD and reinstalled it, i am just waiting on Dell to send me out my OS disks, should have them next and see how i go then, cheers


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