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    Trouble with my M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by xiouman, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. xiouman

    xiouman Newbie

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    Hello.

    Forgive me if this is a easily solved problem, but I am not at all tech savvy. I have owned the 1530 for a little over a year now and I've run into a problem with my system. While using my computer the power ran out and when I turned it on I found that it wouldn't fully start. It would pass the Dell screen and would reach the Window Error Recovery screen. Regardless of what option I choose it goes to the green bar and it just moves indefinitely. I was hoping that someone would be able to provide a solution on how to fix this. Any responses are greatly appreciated.
     
    xiouman, Mar 8, 2010
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  2. smjohns

    smjohns Notebook Consultant

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    How long have you left it? Sometimes if windows has not closed down properly it performs a self check and this can take some time. If after 30mins-1hr you still get no-where then you could try putting in the recovery disc and seeing if a restore / fix will help. Hopefully you have backed up your data regularly !!
     
    smjohns, Mar 9, 2010
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    pchan Notebook Geek

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    Patience is your key. I bet your laptop is doing chkdsk operation to check if there are any errors in your HDD. Depending on how big is your HDD, it will take a while. Just leave it and dont keep on rebooting it, else you gonna just damage your HDD or your data on it..
     
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