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I have a Dell XPS Studio 1645, and a month ago my screen was flashing funny on boot, and I could not log in. If I can remember, I think it froze or something funny before that. Never did that before. I powered down and booted in safe mode, and ran a restore to the last point, a week earlier. Worked perfect when booted normally and I thought nothing of it. Worked as it should since.
It has been about a month since the restore.
This morning I was doing some work, and everything was okay, nothing new installed or anything to mess with it. Powered down and went to my place. I turned it on again at home..and here is what I am having issues with.
It boots okay, loads windows, and when I am at my login splash screen with users and the password..It starts flashing the screen between black, and the windows 7 splash screen repeatedly. The cursor shows a loading symbol. There are no users to click on. Nothing happens but this "loading, and rapid flashing between normal and black" until I hold the power button down and kill it.
I unplugged the power cord and battery, put it back in, and tried again with the same result. The funny thing is I tried all safe modes, and they all work fine, 100% as they should. Internet, everything, all files and programs. I used command prompt to check and fix errors, and it found one. I saved and rebooted with those settings, and the exact thing happened again with no difference.
Looks to have zero effect.
I am sure this is the same issue as happened a month ago, and I'd bet money I can fix it by system restore. The problem is that it will return again in a month, and I'll have the same problem. I heard it could be harddrive failure from a friend, but everything looks fine as I tested it, with no issues. What do I do? I need help because I don't really want to restore and have it happen anymore than the one time it has.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks for your time
I have a Dell XPS Studio 1645, and a month ago my screen was flashing funny on boot, and I could not log in. If I can remember, I think it froze or something funny before that. Never did that before. I powered down and booted in safe mode, and ran a restore to the last point, a week earlier. Worked perfect when booted normally and I thought nothing of it. Worked as it should since.
It has been about a month since the restore.
This morning I was doing some work, and everything was okay, nothing new installed or anything to mess with it. Powered down and went to my place. I turned it on again at home..and here is what I am having issues with.
It boots okay, loads windows, and when I am at my login splash screen with users and the password..It starts flashing the screen between black, and the windows 7 splash screen repeatedly. The cursor shows a loading symbol. There are no users to click on. Nothing happens but this "loading, and rapid flashing between normal and black" until I hold the power button down and kill it.
I unplugged the power cord and battery, put it back in, and tried again with the same result. The funny thing is I tried all safe modes, and they all work fine, 100% as they should. Internet, everything, all files and programs. I used command prompt to check and fix errors, and it found one. I saved and rebooted with those settings, and the exact thing happened again with no difference.
Looks to have zero effect.I am sure this is the same issue as happened a month ago, and I'd bet money I can fix it by system restore. The problem is that it will return again in a month, and I'll have the same problem. I heard it could be harddrive failure from a friend, but everything looks fine as I tested it, with no issues. What do I do? I need help because I don't really want to restore and have it happen anymore than the one time it has.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks for your time
