Windows XP not loading on Dell Inspiron 120l

speedy1960 · Mar 19, 2011

I am wondering if any laptop experts out there can help me. I have an inspiron 120l laptop. The problem i am having is that it turns on fine but when it reaches the xp window to then load up it just stays there and nothing else happens. I am wondering if anyone out there knows what the problem could be or would i have to get a recovery cd to reinstall everything again. Please help.

Speedy

Mark56 · Mar 19, 2011

Run through this guide to test the hard drive. You will need another PC to make the disk.

Identify the make of your hard drive and then use one of the links below to get the manufacturers diagnostic for ISO CD. Burn the image file to a CD, boot the PC with the disc in the drive and run the diagnostics. You first need to set the CD drive to 1st in the boot order in the Bios setup.

If you do not have an image burner use this free software to make the CD.

http://www.isoimageburner.com/

ExcelStor: http://www.excelstor.com/eng/support.php?sub_id=3

Hitachi/IBM: http://www.hitachigst.com/support/downloads/

Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/Support_HUTIL.html

Toshiba Fujitsu: http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic

Seagate, Maxtor & Quantum:http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads

Western Digital:http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?lang=en

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