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Dell Inspiron Laptop will not boot
Old Dell Inspiron 600m Laptop suddenly will not boot. No new hardware or software recently installed. Computer has always been slow, but usable.
Tried pressing F8, as (dreaded) blue screen advised, but nothing happened. Cannot start in safe mode. Please advise. Thanks so much.
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Plug in the AC after removing the battery and see if it will boot.
A lot of the older laptops will not boot if the battery is bad. Some times, they will boot up without the battery. Note i said sometimes.
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Will try that right away.
Thanks very much.
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Tried starting up w/o battery and w/AC. Did not boot.
Tried a new battery, did not boot.
What now?
Thanks again.
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Does it do anything when you press the power button? Any error messages?
"Vegetarians live up to nine years longer than the rest of us...Nine horrible, worthless, baconless years."
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Yes, Dell screen comes on, then Windows XP (!), the a blue screen. I will try right now, and send you the error msg on the blue screen.
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Press power button: error message (paraphrased):
"Problem has occurred, Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
***STOP: 0x000000ED, (0x8A6F5900, 0xC0000015, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)"
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