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blank screen after deleting partition

Feb 26, 2004 7:14AM PST

I have reformated this computer many times using FDisk and deleting the partitions and then reinstalling windows. This time when i deleted the partition and when the computer restarted, after the Dell screen comes up the monitor goes blank with only a blinking dot or cursor at the top left of the screen. I cannot type or do anything from this screen. When i restart again, i can press delete to enter setup, but i cant figure anything else to do. I cannot reinstall windows because of this and i cannot figure out what to do.

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Re:blank screen after deleting partition
Feb 26, 2004 8:39AM PST

Hi
Make sure your cd is first in boot.
Then when you boot next make sure you have cd in.
It should ask if you want to boot from cd or hard drive.

Then go from there.

Regards
Maxie

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Re:blank screen after deleting partition
Feb 26, 2004 8:54AM PST

Frankie's First Commandment
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Don't Fool Around With Partioning (that is: FDisk)

Nothing But Trouble Awaits You


Frankie's Second Commanment
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If you are re-installing O/S, there is no good
reason to re-format the Hard Disk.

Just delete all the files nd folders and after the
re-install of O/S plus base drivers for SoundCard,
Display Drivers and IDE to Motherboard, Run
Defrag program


Sorry, Frankie Can not Help You

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Re:blank screen after deleting partition
Feb 26, 2004 10:05PM PST

The above remarks, although interesting, seem of no immediate use for you.

You are remarkebly silent about the steps between deleting the partition(s?) - which isn't necessary at all, indeed - and the reinstall of windows.
Did you (this is the Windows 98 procedure, XP is different, because the CD is bootable and it has other disk management software)
- make (a) new partition(s)
- boot from a boot diskette
- format those partition(s)
- boot again and choose to install Windows from the CD

If necessary post again with details on what you did, and what OS you are trying to install.

It might be interesting to know why you have formatted this computer many times already. My average (after buying a fully working system) is one time for each of the 4 computers I had during their lifetime of 4 to 6 years. Due to (a) virus infection, back in 1991 already, (b) hard disk crash, (c) windows 95 vmm-error at boot, and (d) some unclear error with customizing Windows 98 immediately after buying the machine.

Kees