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If start dell laptop only showing dell when start

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hi when i start Dell Inspron 1420 laptop it is showing just dell blue symbol and progress bar not moving and strucked there please help me what should i do now???
 
Try to get into the BIOS screens and see if the hard drive is recognised.

Did the machine work before -- have you added memory or made any other change since then.