cannot access windows xp

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tiz1205

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hello, im new to computers and am having some difficulty with accessing my windows xp....the computer is new and custom made i had no problems with it for 6 months but it one day it froze and when i try and turn it back on it doesnt do anything but go to a blank screen with a cursor, it acts as tho it is working for a few seconds, then seems to shut down and stay on that screen, any help would be appreciated, thank you
 
You need to work on your wording as it's a bit confusing, but I think I understand the problem... If it gets to windows, I'd first try booting with the XP disk then running the repair option. If that doesn't work, see if you can remove or disable some hardware. I had a computer do something similar when it's onboard soundcard died.
 
The_Other_One said:
You need to work on your wording as it's a bit confusing, but I think I understand the problem... If it gets to windows, I'd first try booting with the XP disk then running the repair option. If that doesn't work, see if you can remove or disable some hardware. I had a computer do something similar when it's onboard soundcard died.
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He said after that faithful day of frozeness, he hard-powered it down and then turned it back on. He was stuck at the flashing text curser check prompt with only the cursor and a black, blank screen. It could be hard drive failure, some hardware connection problem, power connection problem.......or it may need to be cleaned and inspected (maybe overheating). I don't think its a BIOS or CMOS problem, do you, The_Other_One? :confused: It's because, if you're stuck at the beginning power on and disk check, you know one may never see any loading of Windows.
 
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Dude, either I'm blind or you have selective reading because I can't find anything where he said a flashing cursor on a black screen. He did say a "blank screen with a cursor" which makes me think he means the XP desktop before exporer loads, but I could be wrong...
 
The same thing was hppening to me last night when I was trying to connect a hard drive. I know the hard drive is working, as I'm using it right now, so I assume it had something to do with the connections.
 
Hi there just going to throw out a suggestion, reboot and when BIOS starts hit F8, and that should bring you to the boot selection screen, highlight the one that says "Last known configuration setting" Or try booting into safe mode and once there conduct a virus scan.
 
He did say a "blank screen with a cursor" which makes me think he means the XP desktop before exporer loads, but I could be wrong...
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He means after it goes through POST there's a spot after it verifies the DMI pool when it gives a prompt (un-usable) and has a flashing cursor (underscore) on a black screen, before going into windows. If the computer boots fast enough and properly you should normally not see it.

then seems to shut down and stay on that screen
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Sounds like a bad MBR or corrupted windows file. I think what you're trying to say is it constantly restarts and either A. gets stuck on that cursor screen, or B. just restarts after finishing the POST. Either way the easiest thing to do would be to re-install windows. Either a full format re-install or a repair re-install. If you look around on the forums it has been explain dozens of times.
 
Lord AnthraX quote: "He means after it goes through POST there's a spot after it verifies the DMI pool when it gives a prompt (un-usable) and has a flashing cursor (underscore) on a black screen, before going into windows. If the computer boots fast enough and properly you should normally not see it."

I think that's it, except it doesn't seem to be an underscore, it seems to be a text cursor :) (you know, you boot the machine up, and depending on the BIOS settings it'll show POST and memory count and such)

Mine is set to Intel Rapid BIOS boot which never shows any POST info, just that text cursor prompt for two seconds as the floppy drive is checked and then the motherboard logo and then the Windows OEM loading bar and logo, then Windows XP log-in.

Is that right, tiz1205?! Except its just stuck at the text cursor prompt?
 
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