Re: Dell Inspiron fails to boot after XP SP2 but boots on docking station

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David Eagle wrote:

Folks, help reqd.

Dell Inspiron 8200 fails to boot standalone after XP SP2 applied.

The weirdness is that I CAN get it to boot on a docking station.

Once the PC boots on the docking station I can use it standalone.

If I use the 'un-dock' command in XP, I get a BSOD, but I can then boot the machine standalone.

Any/all pointers appreciated.


Many Dell laptops have a problem with corrupting docked hardware profiles.

Boot the machine out of the docking station, right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware tab, Hardware profiles, select and delete the docked profile. Shut down, put into docking station and boot up. It will rebuild the docked hardware profile.

Steve

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