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by: chipperjatl June 1, 2006 7:44 PM PDT

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XP not loading

by chipperjatl - 6/1/06 7:44 PM

Hi! I have a problem with my computer not starting up correctly. When I turn it on or restart it, 9 out of 10 times it will go through the start up, get to the loading XP screen, then after that, the screen just goes blank right before the log in screen. It will start in safe mode though, and if you go to the boot screen and choose the right drive to boot from it will load correctly. Any ideas? Thanks!


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choose the right drive

by eddie11013 - 6/2/06 6:56 AM

In Reply to: XP not loading by chipperjatl

Have you gone to your Bios setup and tried to change the 'boot order'. If you press the F2 key on startup, enter the Bios and then change the order to 1)Floppy, 2) CD Rom 3) Which ever hard drive has your operating system. Maybe its already set this way.
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could be video drivers or background software

by linda cabler - 6/2/06 9:44 AM

In Reply to: XP not loading by chipperjatl

My experience is that this problem is caused by two things:

1) video card is not displaying the image in a form the monitor can interpret. To solve this, in your case, boot into safe mode and uninstall your video drivers. When it gets back into normal mode, re-install them and see if that fixes your problem.

2) You are having a problem with a service or startup program. Boot into Safe Mode, click Start, then Run. Typein msconfig, and hit Enter. Deselect everything, and click OK. Reboot

IF your problem is solved, go back in msconfig, and turn everything on one at a time, rebooting each time, until the problem re-occurs. Go back into Safe Mode, turn it back off, and reboot. MAKE SURE your anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware is turned on when you finish, or BAD THINGS will happen later on.

If this does not solve your problem, post your results for additional solutions.


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