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Have you verified that the disk you are trying to boot is bootable and not damaged on it's boot sector?
Does the drive read other DVDs (after boot into OS?)
if ti is a bios password the only thing you can try is to open it up and remove the bios battery for a minute or so ..and see if it works..It does not work for all models but usually for most desktops works and for some laptops..It basically cutting bios power and make it forget all settings including the password..After that just reinstall the operation system .. If you are not sure if it is a bios setting ..just try to reinstall using a boot-able disk with the operation system ..and if the boot order is not set to boot first from CD ..just try to press f12 to engage the boot menu and select it manually ..and press enter .. Another way to fool it ..is to try and remove the hard disk ...and force it to boot from the disk cause the disk is the next inline ..and after it starts just plug the hard disk again ..and you have a chance to go on with the installing in this time .. let me know what you have tried and what worked..
This error is a partition boot record that the system is trying to find but not finding it
you could try some of these things
as soon as you turn it on press F8 and try to choose last known configuration
or
F12 and see if it offers a hard disk check or diagnostic test it sometimes offer to test and fix the disk
or safe mode and do a system restore back to when it was ok
if you have a operating system original disk you could restart pressing the F12 tab inserting the disk into the dvd drive booting up with the disk and follow through until it offers repair
or if all else fails try te F11 tab on startup and this with any luck will offer you a back to factory settings if you want it
Sounds like either your hard drive is bad or you need to go into your setup by pressing f12 when your screen shows dell when starting up and check your boot order, make sure your hard drive is listed in the boot order, if not your hard drive is fried.. if so , make sure your 1st boot is your hard drive. Also make sure you don't have anything in your cdrom drive or a flash drive in your usb port.
Hope it's just your boot order and not your hard drive!
Unfortunately you will need the restore disk to correct this problem. Even if you copy the old disk to the new, chances are you will copy the corrupt files and have TWO bad copies of xp. You can order the restore disk from Dell on average about $30.
I'd put ubuntu on it, if it's a inspiron 1000, should run ok. If you have the restore disks from dell, just turn it on, pop in the cd, then reboot, the pc should boot from cd, then just follow the promps, make sure you delete all partitions, format thorough (not quick NTFS), use the whole disk for windows
Yes, You should back up all your documents, photos, music, etc and reinstall the OS. Unfortunately, Windows is a fundamentally flawed system, and is easily overcome by viruses and even programs designed specifically for it. Reinstallation is the easiest solution for you at this stage.
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