Hi ...
My neighbor just used Windows Live One Scan and Clean on his Dell laptop
and it apparently has completely crashed his computer. When it tried to
reboot after the scan he could hear the hdd whirring and the screen lit up
for a moment with the "Dell" logo but then went to black and he can
Has he reset the CMOS so he can boot from a CD?
- Original Message -
From: "Gail.Miller"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:10 AM
Subject: [CGUYS] Fw: Windows Live One Scan and Cleanup
Hi ...
My neighbor just used Windows Live One Scan and Clean on his Dell lapt
Sounds like a hardware failure (likely has nothing to do with whatever
was running when it failed). Can he get into the bios and sit there as
long as he wants? Can he boot to a live cd and run an OS?
Probably not worth repairing since the Win7 notebooks just hit the
market at bargain prices.
On
is a dilemma that you folks like to get your teeth into? MANY
Thanks in advance for your help!
Gail Miller
- Original Message -
From: "Tony B"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Fw: Windows Live One Scan and Cleanup
Sounds like a hardware fail
Probably not, because he'll be using the disks that came with the
laptop and they usually include all that extra stuff by default. Not a
big deal; just remove the extras later.
But really, he now owns two doorstops. I wouldn't bother trying to get
an old Win98 laptop to work. For one, it won't eve
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Tony B wrote:
> Probably not, because he'll be using the disks that came with the
> laptop and they usually include all that extra stuff by default. Not a
> big deal; just remove the extras later.
>
> But really, he now owns two doorstops. I wouldn't bother trying
