Windows Vista Vista won't start

Prosperitylink · 2010/08/22

All I have on my screen is a Dell sign, F2 - setup, F12 boot menu. Nothing happens if I press any of them.

Yesterday I reinstalled Wista Biz 32bit with SP1. installed all the updates (85 of them). It worked fine, dowloaded FFox etc.

Today it won't start/boot.

Please help,
Thanks,
Zsolt

Arie · 2010/08/23

Run the Dell diagnostics software.

Also check out your hard drive using the manufacturer's disk diagnostics:

ExcelStore

Fujitsu

Hitachi/IBM

Samsung

Seagate, Maxtor, Quantum

Toshiba

Western Digital

Prosperitylink · 2010/08/23

Thanks, for your reply Arie. I was able to reboot it. Installed some missing updates... Run malwarebytes, and looks like it is ok now.

Thanks again,
Zsolt

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mattman · 2010/08/24

I suggest you go to the Dell website, look up the Service Tag for your computer and get any (major) updates for your drivers and important software.

PS You shouldn't need Malwarebytes after a fresh install.

Prosperitylink · 2010/08/24

Thanks, I learned a lot in the last couple days!

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