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Ok i just got a dell latitude d600 and it has windows 7 on it but i wont to put windows xp back on it and i can't get it to boot from cd i have look in the bios noting
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If this is Windows XP, press and hold F8 after power on, choose Safe mode, and log in as Administrator. Then you can remove password for that user. If this is Windows 7, you need some boot CD (Hiren's Boot CD) with Windows password remover.
see if there is a factory restore option for this computer, normally that would be tapping the f11 key during the boot process, most dells come with a boot partition now tha will recover the laptop to factory state
hi, your windows explorer is corrupted. to solve this, simply insert the xp installation cd and boot from it. then run repair to fix the os. note your files will not be lost
Can you enter to Bios? if it boot and doesnot load to windows, could be your windows is corrupted or your hard drive is died, but if it doesnot boot at all, this could be not enough power.
Press F12 as you boot up the Dell and select the CD as the alternate boot device, insert the Windows installation CD in the CD drive and continue.
If you can't select the CD as the alternate boot device then go into the BIOS configuration then the Boot order and select the CD as the first boot device, save and exit. You can change it back after Windows is installed if you wish.
Boot from the Windows XP CD and at the first prompt, press "r" for repair. Press 1 when asked to choose windows installation and then enter the admnistrator password. If you don;t have one, just press "enter" and it should show you "c:\windows>"
At this prompt, type the following
chkdsk /r
THis should take quite sometime but will fix the problem at the end. when you get the c:\windows prompt again, type the word "exit" and your system will reboot and load windows XP normally
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