Windows Failure

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hijynx54

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My brother recently bought an XPS 1330, and after reformatting it, it was running great. However twice in the last week, windows failed. When it turned on, it said there was an error, and if he tried to start in safe mode, or regular mode, or reroll the HD, it just wouldn't work. He had to use the OS recovery disk to boot up. Was very easy, but very random. Any ideas why this is happening? If so, how can he/we fix it?

Thanks.
 
Check the voltages on the PSU. If the voltage is out of its typical range, or fluctuating wildly. This could cause intermittent problems.

Also a weak/cheap PSU could be more vulnerable to power spikes in the household power lines.

Also check for bad sectors on the hard drive... maybe..
 
It says "Windows Failed to start. A recent Hardware or software change may be to blame for this."

Then prompts me to insert my windows disc to try and repair the problem.

Below it, there is a part where it says about blaming surges and what not, and asks to start in safe mode (or a variety of them), or normal mode. If I try any of those it takes me back.

I know its not a surge now, because I reinstalled drivers to try and fix the sound since it wasn't coming out, and it then gave me that screen upon restarting.

Any advice?
 
I went through diagnostic details, and it says a recent driver installation may be the cause, but this happened before I tried to install today (I did so thinking it might help), so how should I proceed?
 
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