Got a dell laptop. After taking out the hdd,scanned and removed virus problems from the hdd i put the hdd back and now there i

Riaanja

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Took virus infected harddrive out. Scanned and fixed virus infections. After putting back the harddrive the laptops monitor does not come on. Dont know what to do
 
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Double check that you didn't mistakenly loosen any other connectors. Another thing to try is to boot from a usb thumb drive. If you get a display, when booting from the USB drive, then you know it's the HDD and you'll need to reinstall windows. If you still don't get a display when booting from the USB drive, then you have a hardware issue.

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Double check that you didn't mistakenly loosen any other connectors. Another thing to try is to boot from a usb thumb drive. If you get a display, when booting from the USB drive, then you know it's the HDD and you'll need to reinstall windows. If you still don't get a display when booting from the USB drive, then you have a hardware issue.
 
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