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by natas.the.unholy

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Ok so i have a dell 8400 and i want to reinstall xp. I have done it in the past usning the ctrl + f11 trick, but now i can not get it to work. The screen with the blue bar that says www.dell.com desent even come up any more.

It is making me so angry. any hep would be greatly appreciated

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by gary56789

Browse to http://tinyurl.com/2ycd6g and then try either the first post (needs Norton Ghost 10.0), or the ninth post and follow their directions to restore the MBR to a point where CTRL+F11 works. Then you should be able to reinstall.

by henry_apor

try this steps if you can still boot to windows
1. Open local disk C:
2. Go to Dell folder
3. Go to Utilities folder
4. Open DSR folder
5. There will be a file named "boot_DSR", double-click on it.
6. It will have a prompt that will tell you that it will now perform the restoration, click OK
7. The system will now reboot and you don't need to do anything, it will automatically go to the PC RESTORE.
C:\Dell\Utilities\DSR\boot_DSR

by deepsand

In Windows Explorer, go to [b]Tools[/b] > [b]Folder Options[/b] > [b]View[/b], and make sure that the "Hidden files & folders" setting is to "[b]Show hidden files & folders[/b]," and that "[b]Hide protected operating system files[/b]" is [b]not checked[/b].

by natas.the.unholy

yea i already had that set....another problem is my computer freezes when i try to shut it down

by deepsand

If Recovery Console is installed (if so, it should be an option on the Boot Menu), or is available on the Install CD (both are doubtful given that your's is a Dell machine), then you can use it to repair the MBR.

Otherwise, you'll need to use a 3rd party program, such as was above suggested.

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