Dell :: Studio XPS 16 Won't Boot ...
Feb 17, 2010
I bought this laptop about 9 months ago. The specs are as follow.
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (3MB cache/2.40GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
Video Card ATI Mobility RADEON™ HD 4670 – 1GB
Hard Drive 320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate with everything up-to-date. Everything has been running smoothly on this laptop until yesterday when I tried to defrag it and got a BSOD. So today I started it up, and everything was fine, so I decided to try and defrag it again.
To my frustration, I got another BSOD, except when I tried to boot it this time, I get a "Windows Recovery Error" that says "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause". My two choices from there are "Launch Startup Repiar (recommended)" and "Start Windows Normally" none of which work.
If I select the first one, a black screen appears and a cursor which I can control, but nothing else (I let it run for several hours). The other option just gets stuck on the Windows is Starting screen with the flag pulsating its colors.
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Was working fine. When I turn the machine on it freezes on the dell splash screen about 60% threw. When the hard drive is out the computer boot fine. (obviously no OS though). The hard drive is also making a beeping noise. Dell said they would send me a new hard drive, but I want to know what caused this as of yesterday when I received it I did a diagnostics and the hard drive was in perfect condition. These things happened today could they have caused it?
1) Laptop did not go to sleep in my backpack and was totally on for about 15min. (Overheat?)
2) Windows froze today and I had to hold down the power button to turn it off.
3) I had used another Dell power supply to power my machine as I did not have the regular cord, but it worked while attached and this problem did not happen till around 30-40min later after it had been unplugged.
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I can diassemble and reassemble it ????
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Right now I'm not able to boot from CD, it will always boot into the preinstalled Windows 8.
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I've tried the F12 method to select a different boot device during startup where I can see the installed DVD RAM drive and select it, but no effect it returns immediately to the select screen.
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I've played around with the various BIOS setting disabling the secure boot option and changing the boot order so that the DVD drive is first. Then the system will check for the the CD (you can hear it spinning during start up) but will start into Windows 8 right afterwards again.
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What am I missing? Any other BIOS or Windows 8 settings I need to change for that.
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I have other Lenovo notebooks running like the X230, the T520 or an older T61 where booting from CD never seems to be an issue.
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As the DVD drive is working correctly within Windows 8 I assume that it is in general functioning and shouldn't be broken.
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