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PC starts but Windows doesn't, have to go to bios and select boot drive each time, how to fix?
I was installing windows 10 using a usb on a windows 7 device. It said there were no upgrades found during installation and said to take out usb and it should restart so I did that. Once the PC ...
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Dell BIOS Has Random Dollar Signs on Boot Up
On my older Dell XPS 630i, I get some strange boot up behavior that is causing me to be unable to install Ubuntu 16 LTS or 18 LTS. Windows 7 runs fine with no graphical hitches at all. I don't know ...
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Computer restart loop w/blue screen, can't f8 safe mode
My computer will boot up to the login screen, then after a few seconds I get the blue screen of death and my computer restarts. This continues until I perform a hard shutdown. F8 won't bring up ...
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Dell OEM windows 7 disk
I have Dell XPS laptop, which is not booting at all.
I have Windows 7 activation code attached to bottom of my laptop. Would like to know if I buy Dell OEM Windows 7 disk to install Windows 7 and use ...
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Error trying to install Windows 7 on Dell XPS13 9360
I just bought a brand new Dell XPS13 9360. It came with Windows 10 but I'd like to install Windows 7 on it because I really, really want to stay on Windows 7 and not upgrade until they pry it out of ...
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Windows 10 Download Failed
I am downloading windows 10 by using Windows Media Creator. Currently i am using Windows 7 Dell XPS L502X 15R(Early 2011)Laptop. My Download is stuck at 78% and my Panther Log file detail at that ...
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Is it safe for keeping my laptop plugged in while updating to Windows 10 via windows update
I have Dell XPS-L502X(Early 2011) Laptop with 6-cell battery and currently I'm Downloading Windows 10 via Windows Update from Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit.
But my Internet Speed is just 512 kbps ...
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Dell XPS 15 L502X monitor light not off when using external monitor
I mainly use an external monitor (via HDMI) when using my XPS 15 (L502X), however, I noticed an annoying problem when I tried to update the Intel HD 3000 video card driver.
After I started my ...
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Recover to windows 7 factory OS from windows 8.1, dell xps
I have dell xps 15, it came with windows 7 in its recovery partition, and I upgraded to windows 8.1.
Now I want to recover to windows 7 again from the recovery partition, but It didn't work, it always ...
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How to clear 217Gb of <Unknown> space on my C drive?
I have a Dell XPS 15 (2013 model L521X - Windows 7) with a capacity of 680.3 GB on the C drive.
But WinDirSat says that 217.4 GB of that space is <Unknown>
and I can't access it!
SpaceSniffer ...
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How can I get a better control over the brightness [duplicate]
I have a Dell xps17 (windows 7) and I find the brightness control very annoying.
I often work during night time and the lower settings is fine but if I increase the brightness settings by just one ...
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Dell XPS 15 in that the wi-fi would drop out every 20 mins
I'm having serious issues with my Dell XPS 15 in that the wi-fi would drop out every 20 mins or so at home. It has been widely reported that the XPS 15 (L521x) has had wireless problems.
I have ...
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Dell 8400 XP Blank Screen [closed]
My wife has a dell 8400 XP which was working fine yesterday. This morning the screen was blank. The on/off button is flashing (not sure if did that before or was constantly on). I tried holding the ...
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XPS L502x with external DellST2210 24" LCD which won't play sound, while external ASUS VH242H 24" LCD will
MY CONFIGURATION
I have an XPS L502x hooked up to 2 external monitors:
Dell ST2210
connected via to my only HDMI port
no adapters on either end of the cable
HDMI cable from back of laptop to HDMI ...
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Dell XPS17 factory image reinstall of windows 7
After a year of using win7 on Dell XPS17 I want to restore it to the factory image. However if I press f8 on boot and select repair computer, I only get the repair options, nothing to reinstall ...
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