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Update - All is Not Well
The beeping I'm talking about refers to a series of beeps usually before a crash. Last night I shut down my system and this morning it took about 30 reboots before it fully started. First it stopped at the dell window, then at Starting Windows, then at Starting Windows with the logo.
Yesterday I made a bootable copy of the Win 7 64-bit Home Premium iso 58997 (from Digital River) using the Win & USB DVD Download tool. I'm backing up everything right now. I also have a repair disk made from this system.
Can you think of any additional diagnostics to perform? What would suggest as next steps? Can we rule out the hardware before I wipe the drive and reinstall - although that's an appealing option at this point.
Once again, thanks so much for all your help!