Computer will not boot up

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  "SM617" wrote in message news:61c5c6c4-8bda-40bb-8900-63ff8931c1be...

  Using Windows Vista Home Premium. Computer was shut off, trying to boot up, stops at a Dell page, tried tapping F12 key to get menu but will not work. Any ideas?

   

  Please repost your problem to a more appropriate forum - the Answers  System Repair forum here....

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-system

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  Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

  Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:21 PM

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  Please see:  What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?.  Try using the System Restore procedure first.  If that doesn't work, proceed with the Startup Repair procedure.  You will need your Dell Windows Vista Reinstallation disc.  If you do not have one, please see: Request Dell Backup Discs.
  

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  Carey Frisch

  • Proposed as answer by Darin Smith MS Monday, April 2, 2012 5:18 PM

  Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:24 PM

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  ...or even better - since you claim to be running Vista (but posted in an XP forum)

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-system

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  Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

  • Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Monday, April 2, 2012 5:18 PM

  Sunday, April 1, 2012 8:47 PM

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