Black Screen Of Death (Sad Story)

> First, boot to the Dell logo and try both CTRL+F11 and/or F12 and see if you
> can get to the restore facility to restore your machine to factory fresh.
> If not, Vista hosed the boot, but the partition should still be there.
>
> Then go to this page:
>
> http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm
>
> Download the DSRFix program and put it on a bootable floppy. You can
> download a bootable floppy from www.bootdisk.com
>
> If you do not have a floppy drive, then you are going to go spend $30 to buy
> a USB one. That's the cost of this mistake.
>
> Boot to the floppy and run DSRFix.
>
> Remove the floppy drive and boot. When you see the Dell logo, press
> CTRL+F11 or F12.
>
> Follow the instructions to restore your PC.
>
> You WILL WIPE OUT YOUR HARD DRIVE.
>
> That's the cost of the mistake you made, so just restore your backups when
> you get your machine back.
>
> Tom
>
> "GhandoTang" <GhandoTang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsE898940-84F2-4D89-9ADE-D11B817DA590@microsoft.com...

> > Alright evrybody, I am about to tell you a very sad story, about a very
> > foolish man. I , GhandoTang, loaded vista onto my un-partitioned hard
> > drive.
> > I know, I know, Stupid but sometimes these things happen. I am now
> > leaving
> > for Alaska in 4 days and am confronted by the infamous black screen of
> > death.
> > My options are slim. I am running a new dell that when purchased came
> > with
> > a piece of paper instead of an operating disc, I have no boot disc. I
> > cannot
> > get anywhere with my computer except for the black screen. My computer
> > does
> > not seem to have an option to boot from my dvd/rom inside the computer,
> > only
> > a external usb cd drive or a floppy drive, neither of which I have. My
> > computer seems to offer a "rollback" option to start on the previous
> > version
> > of windows, but when I attempt it I get nothing but a grey bar across the
> > bottom and a massive freeze. Safe mode freezes, dos mode freezes,
> > diagnostic
> > says everythng is peachy. I attempted to boot sans video card only top
> > realize that no video card = no monitor. I am in full breakdown. Please,
> > Please help me as I am near the breaking point and love my computer very
> > much.
> > -GhandoTang

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