dell inspiron 5160

jzonedpirate · 05-17-2008, 11:59 PM

please help me.... i dont know what is the problem of my laptop, im just using it one day then boom it crash

i tried to re-install the revovery cd but it wont work, it usually boot shows the win XP logo then the blue screen with numbers appears...

then it boots again same just like a circle round and round ....please help me i beg you..thank you..

dai · 05-18-2008, 01:05 AM

post the error message you get on the bsod in full
is the bios set to boot from cd first
if your recovering from hard drive recovery partition i think you hold down the control key as you boot and tap f11

~~Blue_Gene~~ · 05-18-2008, 09:27 AM

Could be a hardware issue such as a hard-drive is dying for example. Dell I believe comes with their own integrated diagnostics utility. When you first turn on the computer keep tapping the F11 key and see if the diagnostics utility program comes up.

05-17-2008, 11:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
jzonedpirate Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	dell inspiron 5160 please help me.... i dont know what is the problem of my laptop, im just using it one day then boom it crash i tried to re-install the revovery cd but it wont work, it usually boot shows the win XP logo then the blue screen with numbers appears... then it boots again same just like a circle round and round ....please help me i beg you..thank you..

05-18-2008, 01:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,494 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: dell inspiron 5160 post the error message you get on the bsod in full is the bios set to boot from cd first if your recovering from hard drive recovery partition i think you hold down the control key as you boot and tap f11 __________________

05-18-2008, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~Blue_Gene~~ Troubled Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 152 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: dell inspiron 5160 Could be a hardware issue such as a hard-drive is dying for example. Dell I believe comes with their own integrated diagnostics utility. When you first turn on the computer keep tapping the F11 key and see if the diagnostics utility program comes up.