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    HELP dell studio screwed up

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by johnny.woo123, Apr 21, 2009.

  1. johnny.woo123

    johnny.woo123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok i have a dell studio, and my friend decided it would be funnny if he put this retatded bootloop thing. well now, i cannot use my computer. He has tried doing teh safe mode thing but when i get to safe mode i cannot see the desktop.

    i dont care about the data anymore i just want a computer that works.

    have tried system restore says tehre are no restore points available.

    Have tried to do factory image restore does not work.

    Command prompt with rstrui.exe, does not work.

    I am using my desktop. so anyone plz help me.


    Addition to my problems. Everytime i turn on the computer it continually goes into startup repair. GUESS WHAT cannot repair this computer...

    Details:

    Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
    Problem Signature 01: autofailover
    " " 02: 6.0.6001.18000.0.0.0.0
    " " 03: 0
    " " 04: 65537
    " " 05: unknown
    " " 06:OsVersionMismatch
    " " 07:0
    " " 08:0
    " " 09: unknown
    " " 10:1168
    OS version: 6.0.6001.1.2.1.0.256.1
    Locale ID: 1033

    I need help
     
    johnny.woo123, Apr 21, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    What exactly is a "retarded bootloop thing"? Knowing exactly what he did would help us fix it.

    If you really don't care about your data, use the Windows recovery CD, format your hard drive and reinstall Windows from scratch.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 21, 2009
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Did you try the Startup Recovery option? This will recopy essential system files over; it solves various boot up problems frequently.

    Also, if you must reformat, make your friend do it. He's the one who hosed your system.
     
    Bog, Apr 21, 2009
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  4. johnny.woo123

    johnny.woo123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What if i do not have a recovery CD?

    the retarded bootloop some thing from this stupid video called household hacker.

    and my "friend" is not here anymore
     
    johnny.woo123, Apr 21, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    If you don't have a Windows disk, call Dell and ask them to send you one. They should send it for free. If for any reason they don't want to, you can also contact Microsoft for a disk, although they will charge you $10 or so.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 21, 2009
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  6. johnny.woo123

    johnny.woo123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    jus ttalked with DELL theyre sending me a hard drive and the disk...
     
    johnny.woo123, Apr 21, 2009
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  7. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Damn, a whole new hard drive? That sure is more than I would have expected. :p
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 21, 2009
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  8. adrianu

    adrianu Notebook Geek

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    What number should I call for free hard drives?? :)

    Kinda strange because I'm pretty sure it's software related problem.
     
    adrianu, Apr 22, 2009
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  9. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    DON'T REFORMAT

    I looked this up on youtube ... might be simple to fix.

    Sounds like he made a shortcut, entered that and has it run automatically on startup.

    As quick as you can, run shutdown -h on login

    Press [windows key] r and type shutdown -h

    This will cancel the shutdown. Delete the shortcut on the desktop.
     
    millermagic, Apr 22, 2009
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