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    Inspiron 6000 unable to restore

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mitch_buss, Jul 25, 2007.

  1. mitch_buss

    mitch_buss Newbie

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    I am helping a friend restore his Dell Inspiron 6000. It had locked him out completely and would just display the blue screen. So I reformatted and tried to do a fresh install of Windows without Dell's system restore. That caused more headache, so now I want to use the system restore and try to do it with ctrl f11 at boot but it does not work. And I know I am doing it at the right moment because I tried it on my inspiron and it works fine. I think there is a problem in the Master Boot Record. I need to know if there is any way to manually access the partition and boot it without ctrl f11. I have tried setting it as the active partition using Hiren Boot CD and the Acronis disk selector but to no avail. Any help would be great. Thanks all.

    Mitch
     
    mitch_buss, Jul 25, 2007
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  2. thegsrguy

    thegsrguy Notebook Deity

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    Google search for DSRfix. It repairs the MBR on Dell machines to get the system recovery working.
     
    thegsrguy, Jul 25, 2007
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  3. mitch_buss

    mitch_buss Newbie

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    Thanks, I will give that a try and let you know if it works.
     
    mitch_buss, Jul 25, 2007
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    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    get a dell XP oem cd, and do it the easy way. DSRfix is nice, but its a pain.

    cd's are all over the place, ebay, dell, all over
     
    kgeier82, Jul 25, 2007
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    fruitlolita Newbie

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    please let me know how this goes for you, i am in a similar case with my inspiron 6000
     
    fruitlolita, Jan 6, 2008
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