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    Big problem concerning reformatting

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Dman7, Jan 18, 2008.

  1. Dman7

    Dman7 Notebook Consultant

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    So last time I went to reformat Vista to get rid of alot of stuff, and it was going fine, except I formatted my HDD and didn't delete it and make a new one, although I don't know if that caused this.

    It would work fine, but then when it got to the last step of "Completing Installation" it would stay there for a while, and after that, my screen just was black, and all I could see was my mouse. This happened twice and now when I try to install XP, it says my system was shut down to prevent damage and that if it happens again (which it did) I should check drivers and stuff.\


    So yea, what do I do?
     
    Dman7, Jan 18, 2008
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    Dman7 Notebook Consultant

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    Anybody? Any ideas?
     
    Dman7, Jan 18, 2008
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    I'd run the dell restore disks on it.
     
    sonicwind, Jan 18, 2008
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    B2TheEYo Notebook Deity

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    lol.. I completely reformat, and repartition the drive, sounds like some bad Windows mojo going on.
     
    B2TheEYo, Jan 18, 2008
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