Z
zaphod314
i'm really stuck and could use your help. what happens is this: after
doing a post and bios check and showing the windows boot screen
(contents of boot.ini), my pc goes straight to a blank screeen with a
blinking cursor in the upper left corner. xp doesn't load or anything.
and it won't boot xp from a different hard drive, the cd drive or the
floppy drive. it won't boot xp thru the recovery console either.
it won't boot win 98, win me or even dos from the floppy drive. it
always shows the same blank screen with a blinking cursor.
however, it will load and run the memtest diskette (which doesn't use
any os).
i've even reset the bios but to no avail.
this started happening completely out of the blue. i hadn't installed
any new hardware/software for weeks.
here are the machine details: no-name amd duron 1600, 640 mb, two hard
drives, dvd burner and cd-rom drives, embedded graphics card.
doing a post and bios check and showing the windows boot screen
(contents of boot.ini), my pc goes straight to a blank screeen with a
blinking cursor in the upper left corner. xp doesn't load or anything.
and it won't boot xp from a different hard drive, the cd drive or the
floppy drive. it won't boot xp thru the recovery console either.
it won't boot win 98, win me or even dos from the floppy drive. it
always shows the same blank screen with a blinking cursor.
however, it will load and run the memtest diskette (which doesn't use
any os).
i've even reset the bios but to no avail.
this started happening completely out of the blue. i hadn't installed
any new hardware/software for weeks.
here are the machine details: no-name amd duron 1600, 640 mb, two hard
drives, dvd burner and cd-rom drives, embedded graphics card.