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E6400 can't locate vista 64 bit

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Sleepy515, Jul 15, 2009.

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  1. Sleepy515

    Sleepy515 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my old and now my replacement E6400 both have the same problems. Whenever

    i log onto windows 4 out of 6 times the welcome screen freezes and makes this

    weird beep sound and then i'm on windows but not on vista. something similar to

    98 or something. a window pops up and says cannot located windows 64 bit on

    your hard drive. what should i do? its very annoying.
     
    Sleepy515, Jul 15, 2009
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    Maybe it is a hardware fault that defeats the OS booting? Could boot the diagnostic CD (or try any BIOS diagnostics?) and bang on the hardware tests... and/or call Dell.

    Will it boot off the Windows DVD?

    GK
     
    GKDesigns, Jul 15, 2009
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    my suspects was corrupt installation or incomplete installation
    i think it's better to reinstall
     
    MDR8850, Jul 15, 2009
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    Re-install Windows.
    As MDR8850 said, it could be those or the HDD was damaged during transport (hopefully not permanently)
     
    GoodBytes, Jul 17, 2009
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    I recommend testing uncertain hardware before a clean install. ;)

    The factory install or file system/HD could be corrupt, but it sounds like it does boot some times (and passed Dell factory tests?)... so maybe there is a marginal hardware/memory fault.

    GK
     
    GKDesigns, Jul 17, 2009
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    Maybe your install media is damaged?
     
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