LT1FirebirdSLP
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This might get a little long-winded but I want to give you guys as much information as possible.
I have a Dell Inspirion 1525 Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium 32. The computer was working fine perfectly until Friday night and then it just would not boot anymore. If I just turn the power button on and let it ride it will take you to the boot options menu and if it times out it will try to boot normal but will get hung up on a black blank screen. Here is what I have tried so far.
Attempt 1 - Safe Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 2 - Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 3 - Recovery Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 4 - Shift and F11 - Dell Recovery Partition
Result - System boots the recovery partition and it takes forever, about 10 minutes, and then gets stuck with a box saying something along the lines of "Application failed to find COMDLG32.dll. Try reinstalling the program to resolve the problem."
Attempt 5 - Download and Burn Vista Recovery Disk ISO
Result - CD Boots and I actually got this thing to work. Got to the point where you had to select your OS, and my OS wasn't listed so I just hit OK, and then selected Startup Repair. Computer ran for about an hour and did find an error and then when it checked its own work it was good to go. Upon reboot, it still did not boot up and then would not boot into the recovery disk anymore.
Attempt 6 - Download Vista Home Premium ISO and Burn
Result - Running DVD in test computer loads disk just fine, treats it just like a windows disk so I know it works. The computer that I am trying to repair will load the disk but will get hung up before it lets me pick my keyboard layout or select my region.
Attempt 7 - Run Ultimate Boot CD
Result - UBCD will load but nothing lets me get into a command prompt that I can use to actually fix anything on either hard disk.
Extra Stuff - Went through the BIOS and everything looks clean, no issues, hard disk is being detected and no errors are showing. No bizzare noises are coming from the laptop.
So with all that being said, does anybody have any ideas here. Also, I have one license for Vista Home Premium so the ISO download of Vista Home Premium is legit. If there was either some way to fix whatever is causing the computer to hang while loading vista or at least get me into a command prompt that would be great, I could work with that. I am kind of at a dead end right now though. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
I have a Dell Inspirion 1525 Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium 32. The computer was working fine perfectly until Friday night and then it just would not boot anymore. If I just turn the power button on and let it ride it will take you to the boot options menu and if it times out it will try to boot normal but will get hung up on a black blank screen. Here is what I have tried so far.
Attempt 1 - Safe Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 2 - Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 3 - Recovery Mode
Result - System Hangs on Black Screen
Attempt 4 - Shift and F11 - Dell Recovery Partition
Result - System boots the recovery partition and it takes forever, about 10 minutes, and then gets stuck with a box saying something along the lines of "Application failed to find COMDLG32.dll. Try reinstalling the program to resolve the problem."
Attempt 5 - Download and Burn Vista Recovery Disk ISO
Result - CD Boots and I actually got this thing to work. Got to the point where you had to select your OS, and my OS wasn't listed so I just hit OK, and then selected Startup Repair. Computer ran for about an hour and did find an error and then when it checked its own work it was good to go. Upon reboot, it still did not boot up and then would not boot into the recovery disk anymore.
Attempt 6 - Download Vista Home Premium ISO and Burn
Result - Running DVD in test computer loads disk just fine, treats it just like a windows disk so I know it works. The computer that I am trying to repair will load the disk but will get hung up before it lets me pick my keyboard layout or select my region.
Attempt 7 - Run Ultimate Boot CD
Result - UBCD will load but nothing lets me get into a command prompt that I can use to actually fix anything on either hard disk.
Extra Stuff - Went through the BIOS and everything looks clean, no issues, hard disk is being detected and no errors are showing. No bizzare noises are coming from the laptop.
So with all that being said, does anybody have any ideas here. Also, I have one license for Vista Home Premium so the ISO download of Vista Home Premium is legit. If there was either some way to fix whatever is causing the computer to hang while loading vista or at least get me into a command prompt that would be great, I could work with that. I am kind of at a dead end right now though. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
