Jim;
Power off
Desktop:...Open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE ribbon cable at
both ends.
Laptop:... simply remove and reinsert the hard drive.
If that fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403
Otherwise go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and
download their hard drive diagnostics.
Do you have a hard drive overlay such as Max Blast?
Windows XP sometimes has issues with overlay software.
You may need to perform a Clean Installation without there overlay
software which is not needed anyway.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"jim minugh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:035d01c3c40a$45b39560$(E-Mail Removed)...
> what is it? cant get in to windows no matter what i start
> the system on
