Ars Technica

Vista won't boot, flashing cursor

I think I messed up my Vista install. I got a Dell Vostro 1500 series laptop. it came with 4 partitions in the following order, a small Fat16 for diags, a 20GB for recovery, 99GB for OS, and a small ...
Business Insider

7 ways to troubleshoot if your Dell laptop won't turn on

If your Dell laptop won't turn on, there are a variety of hardware and software problems to troubleshoot. You can check for beeps or flashing lights that could ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Computer Help: Any ideas why my Dell PC no longer boots properly after moving it to a different room?

Q: Recently I had to move my Dell PC to a different part of my home. However, in this new location the machine no longer boots properly. I have tried using Boot Manager to bypass this issue, but when ...
Ars Technica

Laptop does not "advance" time after boot

I have an odd issue with a Sony Vaio VGN-TXN27CN notebook running Windows Vista. The problem is that after booting up (cold boot or sleep), the laptop time is set to the time when it was shut down, ...
Bleeping Computer

Using Windows Vista Complete PC Restore to restore your computer

If you are an owner of Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise then you have access to a feature called Complete PC Backup and Restore. This feature allows you to create backup images of your ...