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Boot Failure

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    Old Dell USB Bootloop

    I recently bought a used Dell E6410 (specs at bottom of post) and the seller said all the hardware fully worked, but the hard drive was wiped. Unfazed, when I got the laptop I set out to install windows XP from a 64GB Usb3.0 flash drive I had laying around. I already used it once successfully...
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    Solved! Toshiba Satellite L355D-s7825 won't boot

    Hello, I have a Toshiba satellite L355D-s7825 that have Windows vistas operating system. I was recently using it and it just shut down on my. The screen was black but was still lit up. Now when I power it on the screen doesn't come on at all. The power light comes on and so does the fan but...
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    Toshiba Satellite laptop doesn't turn on

    My Toshiba Satellite L50 - B931 is about 2 years old and a few months ago it started to take longer to boot up, like 10 minutes or so and then it started to take much longer from like an hour to 3/4 hours, and during that time the screen was off but the power button was lit up and when it did...
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    Laptop boot loop => motherboard or HDD failing?

    Hi everybody, I have a 17" Toshiba Satellite from 2011 that has become flaky in recent months. The problem only manifests itself during boots (or reboots). Occasionally - like maybe 1 time in 10 - it will reboot fully and work without a hitch. Most times (9 / 10) the motherboard will POST...
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    USB and Optical Drive not available in Boot Menu

    Hi All: First of all, this community has been a lifesaver previously -- I cannot count the number of times I have found solutions here, so first, thank you. I am home on vacation at my parents house and, as is often the case, am finding myself wanting to run as thorough an antivirus scan as...
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    Laptop shuts down after a few seconds (no image shown)

    Hello all, and I apologize in advance if I'm not posting this on the right thread. I have a Sony vaio VPCCB2Z8E (from 2011) with the following specs: Chipset Intel® HM65 Express Intel® Core™ i7-2620QM 8gb ram ddr3 Being and old laptop I know maintenance has to be on point and I noticed I was...
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    Lenovo Ideapad 500... ruined?

    I'm sorry if there's any grammar mistake. English isn't my first language. Got this laptop on Dec 2016, Windows 10, core i7, and I've been using it a lot since then. I used KMS Pico for Office, because that's how my school's computer got Office too, and I was the one who installed it on a lot...
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    Bootloop on Selfbuilt Win 7 PC

    Hey guys, I've built a PC mainly out of new parts. The only thing I've done is take the HDD and RAM from my old PC. Now that everything is done being put together I've done as the motherboard manual requests to put in and start the driver installation disk. After that I get a menu to create a...
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    lenovo boot problem

    pxe boot failure how to get cmos screen in lenovo g50 laptop
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    Solved! Notebook Not Booting, Black Screen

    Hello there, My Asus X550LB does not boot anymore. All I get when I press Power button is complete black screen. Syptoms that I face: - Black screen - GPU fan is working - Caps Lock and Num Lock leds are always ON, its impossible to turn them off by pressing. - HDD works fine I tried...
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    Solved! HP Pavilion G4-1318DX No Boot

    As stated, my HP Pavilion G4-1318dx will turn on, but the screen stays black, not off, black. The f12 key does have its amber light on, and the power light is on. However, I am looking to find a way to know for sure if the CPU is out or if it is the main board, I have done every option that does...
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    Lenovo Thinkpad E560 Not booting

    Hello Everyone, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad E560 and my problem is the following: When i turn on the machine i have the standard lenovo greeting screen and the line that says: To interrupt normar starting sequence press Enter, but it doesn't matter if i press anything or not. I always get the...