Laptop will not boot.

[JB]

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I have a Dell laptop. When it boots up I get the error:

The system could not be restarted from it's previous location due to a read
fault.

Delete rstoration data and proceed to system boot menu.

When I try to do this the system just beeps. I cannot do anything but
reboot. After a reboot I hit F2 for system setup. It goes to the BIOS, I
see the options but when I use the keyboard it beeps again.
I reboot again and hit F8 to try and boot from CD. It brings up the boot
menu but once again I cannot do anything and it beeps.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

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That sounds like something you are going to need to contact Dell about.
There are many weird things that OEM's put on a computer that really
mess with a system and some of us have never seen. The unfortunate part
of Dell is that they have a major part of the technical support
over-seas in India where they can barely speak English and you can't
understand what the heck they are saying.

----
Nathan McNulty


JB wrote:
> I have a Dell laptop. When it boots up I get the error:
>
> The system could not be restarted from it's previous location due to a read
> fault.
>
> Delete rstoration data and proceed to system boot menu.
>
> When I try to do this the system just beeps. I cannot do anything but
> reboot. After a reboot I hit F2 for system setup. It goes to the BIOS, I
> see the options but when I use the keyboard it beeps again.
> I reboot again and hit F8 to try and boot from CD. It brings up the boot
> menu but once again I cannot do anything and it beeps.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>