I want to do a clean install of XP. I've set my boot order in BIOS so that
my CD drive is ahead of my hard drive. However, when I restart my computer
with the XP install disk in the CD drive, all I get is a black screen with
nothing but a small grey bar in the top left hand corner that blinks for
maybe 30 seconds, then the computer proceeds to load XP.

Please help.

Chico wrote:
> I want to do a clean install of XP. I've set my boot order in BIOS so that
> my CD drive is ahead of my hard drive. However, when I restart my computer
> with the XP install disk in the CD drive, all I get is a black screen with
> nothing but a small grey bar in the top left hand corner that blinks for
> maybe 30 seconds, then the computer proceeds to load XP.
>
> Please help.

1. Check the CD in a different computer. If it doesn't boot there, you
know something is wrong with the CD.
2. If the CD works fine in a different computer, you know there is
something wrong with your optical drive in the original machine. Swap it
out for a known-working one.


Malke
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"Chico" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I want to do a clean install of XP. I've set my boot order in BIOS so that
> my CD drive is ahead of my hard drive. However, when I restart my
> computer
> with the XP install disk in the CD drive, all I get is a black screen with
> nothing but a small grey bar in the top left hand corner that blinks for
> maybe 30 seconds, then the computer proceeds to load XP.
>
> Please help.