Re: My computer will not load up. Nee Help

It means you have a hardware problem, and without the disks there is little
you can do.
You could try booting into safe mode, to see if that works - not sure about
Dell, but usually constantly hitting Del key as soon as you turn on the sys,
gets you there

"EBMJay2328" <EBMJay2328@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i would but...

1. i dont know what recovery console is.
2. i dont know how to boot into it.
3. this computer was a gift from a friend who got a better one, so i dont
have the disk that microsoft says i need to go into recovery console.
4. most importantly, its an old dell laptop. it doesnt have a cd-rom
drive.

is there anyway to fix it without all this stuff?


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