BillMI2395
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Hi everyone!
I'm a "newby" on this forum. I'm pleased that this is an opportunity to get aquainted and possibly some help.
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ XP home (oem). I also have an external HD (80Gig). I recently started having trouble booting up. It would go to the first Dell introductory and stall there. I tried pressing F2 or F12 to no avail.
I then tried disconnecting the External HD....to no avail. I saw on one forum the suggestion to boot on the System disc and choose diagnostics. I have only a CD titled "Drivers & Utilities". I insert it and booted. The F12 key responded with choices including "CD" "Internal HD", etc. I chose the CD and it then booted fine.....one time.
The next time I selected, with the CD inserted, "Internal HD" and it booted fine. I though I was home free but it only booted a time or two and went back to the same situation. I'm doing something wrong but have no idea what. Can anyone offer a solution here?
Bill
I'm a "newby" on this forum. I'm pleased that this is an opportunity to get aquainted and possibly some help.
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ XP home (oem). I also have an external HD (80Gig). I recently started having trouble booting up. It would go to the first Dell introductory and stall there. I tried pressing F2 or F12 to no avail.
I then tried disconnecting the External HD....to no avail. I saw on one forum the suggestion to boot on the System disc and choose diagnostics. I have only a CD titled "Drivers & Utilities". I insert it and booted. The F12 key responded with choices including "CD" "Internal HD", etc. I chose the CD and it then booted fine.....one time.
The next time I selected, with the CD inserted, "Internal HD" and it booted fine. I though I was home free but it only booted a time or two and went back to the same situation. I'm doing something wrong but have no idea what. Can anyone offer a solution here?
Bill
