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anastasia
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It loads the xp splash screen but then goes black after that?? What do I do??
Some help will be very much appreciated.
Cheers
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RichieP
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Boot into Safe Mode by tapping the F8 key when the computer starts up. Choose Safe Mode and let it start up. Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore and set your system to a time before this started.
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anastasia
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Thanks for your help. Yeah i tried that not too long ago and the only restore point available was for 08/03/06 and this happened a week ago. I tried it anyway but to no avail.
What should I try next??
Thanks again for helping me
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RichieP
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Can you start up OK in Safe Mode?
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anastasia
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Yea it's all good to start up in safe mode. Yea I thought restoring it would do the trick but it happened a week ago and I didn't have any restore points before that. My friend did something to the computer but can't remember and when I tried to go on after her, that happened.
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RichieP
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See if anything shows up in the Event Viewer.
Right-click My Computer > Manage. Click the plus to the left of Event Viewer then Application and System to see if anything shows in the right pane. Look for a cross in a red circle, named Error. Double-clcik on the Error to see if you get an error code and more information.
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FifeFlyer
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RichieP , just a thought , is choosing the " last known good configuration " option , any good in a situation like this ? 
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RichieP
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It is indeed a good thought. Keep 'em coming.
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FifeFlyer
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RichieP , it's all my wee brain can think of at the moment , nothing to lose by trying me thinks. 
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FifeFlyer
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anastasia , you could try.... last known good configuration
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anastasia
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Thanks to both of yous. I'll try them and get back to ya.
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anastasia
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Hey my friend tried to fix it and bunged it up. I now can't boot into safe mode anymore. I tried to reinstall WXP and all was well until it restarted after the formatting and the copying of files and came up with the msg "diskette drive 0 seek failure, primary drive 1 not found, strike F1 to continue or F2 to run setup utility".
What should I do now?? Do you think I should just wipe everything on the drive with gdisk and reformat it and install WXP again??
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greysts
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If you're happy to do that it would probably be the quickest way out of your problems.
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anastasia
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sweet cheers I think I will do that. Do you know where i can download or buy gdisk??
Thanks for all you help
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anastasia
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i just realised that I can't use gdisk coz I don't have a floppy drive. Is there another way i can use gdisk?? Or maybe another way of fixing my problem??
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greysts
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What exactly is 'gdisk'? In order to reload Windows you need either a Restore CD or a Windows XP CD. Most PCs these days come with a Restore CD that you use to boot up the PC and which then turns the clock back to the day you bought the PC. Do you have such a CD?
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anastasia
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sorry gdisk is a program that wipes everything on the drive and makes it ready for formatting using a floppy disk. It's a better version of fdisk. Anyway i fixed the problem about the "diskette drive 0 seek failure". I was looking in the BIOS and saw that it said I had a floppy drive installed when infact I don't have one. So I changed it to "not installed" and it boots fine now into the OS. The only problem I have now is that it says "primary drive 1 not found, press F1 to continue". So now i have to press F1 to get to OS. How do I fix this??
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anastasia
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Thanks again for your help. I solved that problem with the "primary drive ! not found". I changed the boot order to CDRom first then the HDD and it seemed to boot alright without that msg.
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