Can not install. nothing on disk that will install. no instrutions on cd.totaly unuseable

If it says no signal just try hitting the buttons on the bottom on the computer screen those can usually get the signal back

may want to try to find a used one from salvage yard or area stereo shops.

This probably means it can't boot off the hard disk or the CD ROM.
Make sure there's no CD in the drive.
Try holding F1 as you turn on the unit to see if you can get into the setup if it still won't boot with no CD.

A few simple steps:

0. find your original Dell "System Restore" set of CD/DVD disks, or order a replacement set from Dell, or run software on your computer to burn a set of "System Restore" disks.
1. do an "inventory" of installed programs (Adobe? MS Office?) and extract any "license-keys" you need (anti-virus software, purchased software).
2. backup your E-mail and contacts and music and other files, either to an external disk-drive, or burn some CD/DVD disks, or copy across your local network to another computer.
3. turn the computer off
4. disconnect the AC power
5. remove the battery
6. remove the old disk-drive
7. determine if it was an EIDE ("parallel-ATA") drive, or a SATA drive, and buy a new drive of the same type
8. mount the new disk-drive
9. reinsert the battery
10. reconnect the AC adapter
11. take your "System Restore" disks, and "boot" from the first disk, and reinstall Windows and the Dell applications
12. run Windows Update repeatedly (Service Pack 3, post SP3 fixes, Internet Explorer 8) to get all the fixes, and the fixes-to-the-fixes
13. install anti-virus software
14. install other purchased software, using license-keys you preserved
15. download the latest versions of "free" software (iTunes, Adobe Reader, WinAmp, et cetera)
16. import your "data" files

OR.................

if both the "old" and "new" disk-drives are SATA, and you have a desktop computer with two "unused" SATA ports, you can use software, such as the commercially-sold "Partition Magic", to "clone" the old disk-drive, and to "expand" the volume to span all the "unused/unallocated" space on the new drive, e.g., copy 20GB from "old" to "new", and then "expand" the 20GB partition to the full size of the "new" disk-drive. Install the new drive into your notebook computer, and enjoy the additional "free" space.

In case of computer have crashed due to operating system , the computer could access the floppy drive or any other external media drive including CD, USB drive. There should be POST once you power the computer on . The black screen sound like hardware problem, so you must check the problem in any addon cards, cpu, motherboard, power supply to access the floppy disk.

its simple to install an adobe photoshop
just put the disk then type your serial number then computer give you some instrution just do as instrution says then you;ll be scess

thank you

hi, did you get an installation disk with the printer?

check your power supply

Sounds like your CD ROM drive is bad. Go the following link, click on your operating system and download the latest driver directly from Lexmark. http://www.downloaddelivery.com/en/cpddrivers/346.html Once it is saved, double click on the file and follow the on screen instructions. Let me know if it works Ed

possibly drive, they are prone for this