Dell 1520 will not boot after being reformatted

[Fantasyntl]

My Dell had a virus and required that I do a complete reformat/restore.
After it was completed the laptop would not boot up.

I get the following message:
Loading PBR for descriptor 1...done.
Loading DRMK V8.00...

and it will go no further.
This is the first time this has ever happened to me.
Desperately seeking help
:confused:
Theresa

[Mini-Me]

Welcome to the PC Guide! :)

If you restored your latop from the restore CD that came with it, it should now be back at factory default settings.

The PBR and DRMK messages are a new one to me - these should not normally come up as far as I am aware.

What system is this? XP? Windoze 7?

Did the restore complete OK without any error messages?

[Sylvander]

Loading DRMK Version 8.00 Error (http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3524/t/19263343.aspx#19446570)

I'm no expert, and this is pretty meaningless to me, but the solution given may take you forward.

[YODA74]

Sounds like the partition table got fubared some of the dells consists of 3 partitions, 1 with tools 1 with the OS and 1 with ghost and a backup of the OS. check this out for furthure info

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.shtml