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Old 05-18-2008, 11:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: need help with a dell inspiron 8000

so with a Vista DVD in the CD/DVD drive and boot sequence set to boot from CD/DVD drive, still gives you the message 'invalid disk..'?

i understand you tried this also with the HDD removed?

try the same boot settings with a different boot CD. If you have a bootable CD like the one for Memtest86+ or any linux live CD (i.e. PCLinuxOS, Knoppix or Ubuntu... try Knoppix). again boot from the CD/DVD drive with the HDD removed. ensure boot sequence/order in BIOS is set to boot from CD/DVD drive first.

post back any results...
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