Startup Problem- Black screen after post - XP

[tylerdobson]

Hi, need some help here. My PC restarted and now it posts as normal (Abit mobo splash screen), hesitates a few seconds like normal but then goes to a black screen instead of the Windows XP splash screen. The black screen has a horizontal row of small vertical bars across the middle-bottom of the screen. This row starts to fill in itself from the left side of the screen with a solid bar and then stops about a fourth of the way across the screen. That's where the PC just stops and sits....

I booted the PC w/ Norton's disc to check for viruses which worked as it's supposed to but that finished and didn't find any viruses, etc. PC still does the same thing.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Tyler

 

[Boogityboo04]

Was it a hard restart that caused this, or just a normal reboot? The bar could be some diagnostic that cant finish. Im not sure though...

 

[tylerdobson]

Actually, now it gets past the black screen (the white bars act like a loading process and finish loading) and gets stuck at the Windows splash screen with the blue loading bar which just keeps going. I was able to start up the computer using my Windows Xp disc and run a repair. That's how I got to this point. Also, the PC never gives me a chance to hit F8 to try and have the computer revert to the last successful start up.

Thanks for the help - Tyler

 

[alidabiri]

you have to f8 after p.o.s.t. right before windows loads. after turning the pc on, tap the f8 key a few times. (you have to be quick, otherwise windows will load). this would get you into safe mode.