Re: Problem with booting into WinXP

"BingBong" <pmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Help!!

I hope someone here can help me with a problem that I am having with
my main home computer. I can't boot it.

The machine is a Core 2 Duo 6600 at 2.4 GHz with 2 GB RAM. It has been
working perfectly ever since I built it. It is running WinXP sp3 with
all the current patches via CTUpdate. It has 2 HDs: a WD 320GB boot
drive and a WD 1TB storage drive.

What suddenly started happening is this: I found it with a flashing
underscore on a black screen in the upper left corner one morning. I
usually keep the machine on 24/7 and there may have been a power
failure causing a reboot overnight. This is the underscore symbol seen
after POST and BIOS check on booting that goes away when Windows
loads. Only this wont go away. There are no messages, just a black
screen with a flashing underscore. I looked at the post data and bios
data and they look fine; all drives are present and Hard Drive
Sentinal said that all drives were perfect prior to this problem
developing. Fans are all working so I doubt overheating. .

If your PC starts and works OK with a borrowed monitor,
this indicates your monitor was damaged by the overnight event.

If your monitor (and KB and mouse) test OK, you must test
the hard drive, e.g. booting from a CD. If the HD tests OK,
you may still need to repair or reinstal the OS. If your motherboard
is damaged the HD may still be reusable. The OP did not say
whether you use a surge protector, UPS etc.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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