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Inspiron 9300 won't come out of hibernate

post #1 of 5
4/3/09 at 11:26am
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I put my Inspiron 9300 into hibernate this morning, tried to wake it back up and all I'm getting aftet the Dell logo and status bar (POST) is a black screen with a blinking cursor in the left corner.

When I hit the Play button on the front of the notebook, it brings up the Dell Media Direct logo screen, but nothing happens.

When I boot with my XP CD and go to the recovery console, I can see the hard drive and files, though I can't access most folders because I get an Access Denied message.

I tried booting from my flash drive, but when I do, the flash drive is recognized as the c:\ drive and the hard drive isn't listed.

I also tried unplugging my laptop and battery and held down the power button for a few minutes to discharge any electricity. No luck.

I'm really stuck here and would appreciate your help.
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post #2 of 5
4/3/09 at 1:34pm
it sounds like the Hard drive has crapped on you.

If you need recover files from the drive, I suggest using an external enclosure for the drive and using another computer see if you can access the files you need.
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post #3 of 5
4/3/09 at 2:20pm
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The hard drive is 3 weeks old. I put it into an external enclosure and tried to boot from it by plugging it into a USB port. It went to the Windows XP boot screen with the Resuming Windows message and then blue screened. I then plugged it into a really old laptop and am able to see the files.

Any ideas on how to get it to boot or should I copy the files to another PC and reformat the drive and start over?
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post #4 of 5
4/3/09 at 4:08pm
I would copy the files over to another computer via either FTP or maybe just use a flash drive a bunch of times. I don't think I would trust the "new" hard drive anymore but that's just me.
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post #5 of 5
4/5/09 at 7:37pm
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Yeah, I ended up buying a new drive, putting the one that's now giving me problems into an enclosure and just dumped everything off it. Luckily I still have the receipt. Looks like I'm going to wipe it and exchange it for a new one. Time to start doing images with incremental backups. Rebuilding a system twice in three weeks is killing me.
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