Black Screen

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I recently built a XP Pro based system. It was working ok for about 2-3
weeks until this past weekend it would no longer start up. It gets caught in
a loop and keeps restarting after getting to the widows splash screen. I
installed a second hard drive and reinstalled XP and installed the old drive
to copy info from one to the other but the computer runs through the post and
then I get a black screen and it stays there.
I have tried to reinstall/repair the XP installation on the old drive, but
when it gets to the examing the drive screen it doesn't do anything.
Can anyone give me any information on how to fix the old drive and/or at
least recover information from the old drive?
 
Hi,

I would use a drive diagnostic from the web site of the manufacturer to
assess the state of the drive. It may be beyond convential means of
recovery, and these tools should be able to tell you this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I would guess since you have exchanged drives , and reinstalled Xp your
problem seems to be hardware related. Memory would be the first thing that I
would check. JJ
 
Now I would think that the HD is defective in some way. When I run the new
SATA HD alone, everything works fine, but when I connect the old SATA HD with
the new HD all I get after the Windows XP screen is a blank black screen.
And the fact that XP setup or repair lock up would lead me to believe it is
the HD.
 
Hi Zippy,

They run from a bootable floppy, no need for the operation system or even
the hard drive to be loaded.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi,
Have already seen such a behaviour on brand new HP pc's, on which the
internal modem was defective. Just try to remove all peripherals (external
and internal ones) and retry to boot up.
My contribution was just in case... with no pretention to be a specialist.

Best regards.
 
You inital post did not include the fact that your computer will work with a
different hard drive . Problem solved. JJ
 
Back
Top