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November 13th, 2012 09:00
Dell Latitude D520 re-boot
When I left work, they let me keep my laptop but it's now become corrupt and it won't load so I want to reboot it but ctrl f11 doesn't seem to work. I have tried holding the keys....pressing them numerous times....and trying to get it just in time for the bios screen but still nothing.... Dell latitude D520 Windows XP Please help.... Dave
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ejn63
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November 13th, 2012 10:00
You're going to need to purchase a Windows disc and do a manual install. Before you do that (see link), run an extended hard drive diagnostic (F12 at powerup) on the hard drive.
support.dell.com/.../document
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November 13th, 2012 12:00
CTRL F11 will not fix it if the recovery partition is not there. Nor will it repair a physically Bad hard drive. Given the age of the unit I would say your hard drive is dead. You need a Green Dell XP SP2 CD to reinstall.
Has to be the same version of windows aka XP Home or XP pro that is listed on the COA sticker.