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    Inspiron 9300 Non-responsive After Boot

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by inspiron9300_user, Jan 31, 2009.

  1. inspiron9300_user

    inspiron9300_user Newbie

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    My Dell Inspiron 9300 out of the blue last night started becoming unresponsive after boot; initially, as it's loading all the startup items I can see a lot of HD activity and then, as soon as it's done loading, it becomes completely unresponsive: I cannot open anything.
    I tried booting into safe mode and that seems OK; however, short of reinstalling Windows, I am not sure what to do.
    Anyone has any suggestion? I would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
    Thanks :)
     
    inspiron9300_user, Jan 31, 2009
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    What have you done recently? Uninstall or install any programs? Any new drivers?
     
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    That's the thing, I don't remember doing anything other than uninstalling LimeWire, after which I was still able to do a backup to MyBook and browse...so nothing that I can think of that wuld cause such a problem.
     
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    I am now running a Full System Scan in Safe Mode with Networking: so far, no issues...
     
    inspiron9300_user, Jan 31, 2009
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