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Question

black screen of death - vista

Aug 25, 2015 7:05AM PDT

Hi all. thanks in advance for your help

i am trying desperately to fix the black screen of death with cursor on my dell inspiron laptop. I am trying the steps shown in the picture (link below) i think i may have found the problem but i'm not sure how to add the data shown in the advice.
the 2nd pic shows my screen as is stands.

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