I've been trying to resolve an xp black screen problem - the monitor goes blank (ie not video signal putting it into power save mode), normally during bootup, but sometimes after logging on.
I found that booting into safe mode was always OK.
I tried booting with VGA (F8 at reboot) to rule out the video driver, but that gave the same problem.
Using another disk with a clean install of XP (though without the graphics card driver) was also OK.
I tried removing & replacing memory and video cards, and have checked all connectors.
As a last resort I have tried doing a repair install of XP, but it black screens consistantly at the same point (about 2/3 of the way through the Installing Devices section - with 34 minutes to go).
Now of course I can't complete the repair install, and am no longer able to boot up in safe mode?
1. How can I exit the repair install and/or resolve the black screen issue which might then enable the repair install to complete?
I did also think about running the FIXMBR command (mentioned in a Microsoft bulletin), but it warns me that I have a non standard or invalid mbr. In any case the black screen happens well into the boot sequence so I doubt that is the issue. And I'm using RAID0.
BTW, the problems started after a system restore after resolving an issue with the system registry file.
Any help appreciated....
I found that booting into safe mode was always OK.
I tried booting with VGA (F8 at reboot) to rule out the video driver, but that gave the same problem.
Using another disk with a clean install of XP (though without the graphics card driver) was also OK.
I tried removing & replacing memory and video cards, and have checked all connectors.
As a last resort I have tried doing a repair install of XP, but it black screens consistantly at the same point (about 2/3 of the way through the Installing Devices section - with 34 minutes to go).
Now of course I can't complete the repair install, and am no longer able to boot up in safe mode?
1. How can I exit the repair install and/or resolve the black screen issue which might then enable the repair install to complete?
I did also think about running the FIXMBR command (mentioned in a Microsoft bulletin), but it warns me that I have a non standard or invalid mbr. In any case the black screen happens well into the boot sequence so I doubt that is the issue. And I'm using RAID0.
BTW, the problems started after a system restore after resolving an issue with the system registry file.
Any help appreciated....