Daughter at uni now 100mls away. Phoned last night to say laptop went to a black screen while left on standby and she can't get Windows & to start. Messages include "PXE61 Media Test Failure".
On every restart it just said the same against a black screen.
Googling says this might be a hard drive failing but we found advice to restore Bios settings and that at least allowed us to get as far as a the Windows repair option but that , even if left for hours, doesn't complete.
I guess she will have to take this to a local repairer to her Uni... I've found one who is £45 fixed plus parts, working from home like Rattle with a decent business website.
Does that sound the best option?
Of course this has taught her a valuable lesson when the machine has crucial work on it... back up you files before shutting down the session!
Last edited by: Fenlander on Sat 26 Oct 13 at 09:36
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Dell Inspiron Laptop - Black screen repai.. new
Dell Inspiron Laptop - Black screen repa.. new