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m_ridzon
I've formatted many PC's but have never encountered this problem. I was
asked to format and rebuild a Hewlett Packard PC. From what I could tell, it
seems the PC was factory-built with Windows 2000 and then upgraded (but not
formatted and rebuilt) to WinXP Home. Before I started working on it, it
seemed to be reasonably stable and operable. To start, I did a CD-ROM boot
with a WinXP SP2 Pro disk. I deleted all partitions and proceeded to format
C drive (NTFS format) and load XP Pro onto the PC. It seems to have loaded
properly being that it went through all of the steps that I'm used to seeing
on an XP rebuild. However, the PC will not startup. If I turn it on it will
go through part of its boot-up sequence. It will get to the black screen
with the Windows logo, copyright statement, and progress bar on it and
appears to be loading up perfectly fine. However, a few moments later, the
screen will go completely black and the PC does nothing else. It will not
get to the user login screen and I'm not sure why. I tried to format and
reload WinXP Pro multiple times to no avail. In the past, I've used the disk
on other PC's successfully and the disk doesn't appear to be damaged at all.
I am able to start it up in Safe Mode. So I ran a Scan Disk on C drive. It
said the volume was clean and found no problems. Does anybody know why this
boot-up sequence is not working properly? Why can't I get to the login
screen?
asked to format and rebuild a Hewlett Packard PC. From what I could tell, it
seems the PC was factory-built with Windows 2000 and then upgraded (but not
formatted and rebuilt) to WinXP Home. Before I started working on it, it
seemed to be reasonably stable and operable. To start, I did a CD-ROM boot
with a WinXP SP2 Pro disk. I deleted all partitions and proceeded to format
C drive (NTFS format) and load XP Pro onto the PC. It seems to have loaded
properly being that it went through all of the steps that I'm used to seeing
on an XP rebuild. However, the PC will not startup. If I turn it on it will
go through part of its boot-up sequence. It will get to the black screen
with the Windows logo, copyright statement, and progress bar on it and
appears to be loading up perfectly fine. However, a few moments later, the
screen will go completely black and the PC does nothing else. It will not
get to the user login screen and I'm not sure why. I tried to format and
reload WinXP Pro multiple times to no avail. In the past, I've used the disk
on other PC's successfully and the disk doesn't appear to be damaged at all.
I am able to start it up in Safe Mode. So I ran a Scan Disk on C drive. It
said the volume was clean and found no problems. Does anybody know why this
boot-up sequence is not working properly? Why can't I get to the login
screen?