Cursor Blinking On Windows Boot

[Guest]

The computer will not boot up....It shows the startup screen of 'Gateway' and allows me to go into setup, if I want, but then goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner instead of a Windows XP screen...I have tried restarting several times and I get the same thing...What's going on and what can I do now

I have a PIII 650 Mhz Machine with 512 MB RAM and I am running Windows XP Professional SP1....I had been experiencing problems with Windows XP recognizing a 2nd hard drive I have (It would intermittently not recognize it upon bootup) after a recent move where I shipped the CPU.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

Open the case and check the cables from the motherboard to the hard drives.
They may have been loosened in the shipment.

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Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"

The computer will not boot up....It shows the startup screen of 'Gateway'

and allows me to go into setup, if I want, but then goes to a blank screen
with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner instead of a Windows XP
screen...I have tried restarting several times and I get the same
thing...What's going on and what can I do now?

I have a PIII 650 Mhz Machine with 512 MB RAM and I am running Windows XP

Professional SP1....I had been experiencing problems with Windows XP
recognizing a 2nd hard drive I have (It would intermittently not recognize
it upon bootup) after a recent move where I shipped the CPU.

 

[Lilly]

Don't open the case and start checking cables to see
whether or not they are loose without first shutting down
your PC and pulling the power strip/wall!

-----Original Message-----
The computer will not boot up....It shows the startup

screen of 'Gateway' and allows me to go into setup, if I
want, but then goes to a blank screen with a blinking
cursor in the upper left corner instead of a Windows XP
screen...I have tried restarting several times and I get
the same thing...What's going on and what can I do now?

I have a PIII 650 Mhz Machine with 512 MB RAM and I am

running Windows XP Professional SP1....I had been
experiencing problems with Windows XP recognizing a 2nd
hard drive I have (It would intermittently not recognize
it upon bootup) after a recent move where I shipped the
CPU.