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Posted by David B. on December 18, 2007, 8:56 am
Please log in for more thread options First thing to do if a fresh install isn't behaving is to run some hardware
diagnostics, test the hard drive and memory to make sure there are no
problems there. for the memory test use Memtest86 http://www.memtest.org/
The hard drive diags can be downloaded from the mfg's website.
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> The system began exhibiting signs of infection. Slow processing times for
> simple tasks... Plus there was a number of software "trials" that I wanted
> to
> get rid of. I was under the assumption that the system had been infected
> and
> that the best course of action would be to back up necessary files and
> reformat the HDD.
>
> "David B." wrote:
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>> First question is why did you need to format and reload in the first
>> place?
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>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I just recently reformated the HDD on my DELL Inspiron E1705. I left
>> > the
>> > Dell re-boot partition on their in order to prevent a void of the
>> > warrantee.
>> > Regardless, the system seemed to be functioning normally. Suddenly,
>> > the
>> > OS
>> > will not completely boot. The window's logo and loading graphic
>> > appears
>> > for
>> > a few seconds, then the screen goes black and the system becomes
>> > unresponsive.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions? Could a virus have infected that bootable partition
>> > that
>> > Dell makes and spread into the main? All suggestions are very much
>> > appreciated!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -E
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