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Jonwright1980

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April 22nd, 2004 13:00

computer will not start up at all

Hi

I think my computer (Inspiron 5150) has a major problem.  It just will not start up.  I get the Dell logo, then immediately a screen comes up with the following error message

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer

 

STOP:  0x00000024 (0x001901FF, 0x82392370, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000)

 

It gives me the option of running in safe mode, normal mode etc. but none of these modes work - all I get is the same error coming up.

 

Please, does anyone know what should I do as I just have not got a clue

  • jmwills

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    Posted April 22nd, 2004 13:00

    Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (either F2 or F8) and chnage the First Boot Device to the CD ROm drive .  Save and Close.  Put your XP CD in the CD Drive and preform a Repair install to see the problem is fixed, if not you may be looking at a clean install.

     

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    Posted April 22nd, 2004 14:00

    thanks a lot - this seems to have worked!
  • jmwills

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    Posted April 22nd, 2004 16:00

    Did you do the repair or a clean install?
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    Posted April 22nd, 2004 17:00

    I did the repair.  Afterwards it provided me with a DOS prompt so I did CHKDSK/ R which appeared to solve the problem
  • rjmat

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    Posted April 23rd, 2004 02:00

    Be sure to do a Windows Update as soon as possible.