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Hi. When I boot my PC the initial black background monitor screen for Windows 7 comes on as red, not black. I have used my old Sony monitor, which displays in black, so the problem lies with the monitor, not the graphics card. I cannot find out how to reset the display back to factory default, which I suspect will solve the problem. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Can you move the windows messenger out of the way so you are looking at the Desktop screen (usual screen which has icons on it which is the first thing which appears after it has gone past the welcome screen)
On the desktop screen right click on a clear bit of space and try and change the resolution.
Failing this if you have an alternate monitor or LCD TV with VGA monitor input try use your TV and by outputting to your TV you will probably have enough of the screen displayed to copy what you need.
If all of the above fails. Best thing to do is to take your laptop Hard Disk Drive out of the computer and slave it into another computer or laptop to copy your documents / pictures etc as you clearly stated your not interested in reparing it. If your not sure how to do this then please come back to me
Check to see that there are no machine BIOS settings that could affect the monitor. Normally, the bios controls display until the OS takes over. If your XP screen after bootup looks fine, I don't see how you have a problem with your monitor setup under Windows.
The sequence is: a) The Dell bios splash screen is displayed, b) the screen will go black, c) the disk activity light will flash for about 5 - 7 seconds, then will remain off.
d) you force a power off, e) wait a few seconds, f) then turn the machine back on. g) The bios splash screen is displayed, h) then a black screen with white text is displayed, reporting that Windows was not shut down nicely and would I like to boot into safe mode or safe mode with networking, or others. g1) If you choose Safe Mode, Windows will boot up successfully. If I restart, the computer will usually (probably) boot into Windows fine. g2) If you choose Boot Normally, the computer will usually (probably) enter the black and hung state.
see if that helps and the if possible do a do a system restore to when the system was working correctly.
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