Q: Hey, I was just trying to reinstall Windows XP on my system and for some reason the same thing happens with every attempt.
I boot from the CD, it starts to install drivers go through and I get a black screen and thats it. The black screen does not say anything and it gets stuck. The only way out is to reboot and when I restart, I must start all over again and happens.
The same reason I wanted to reinstall Windows, because for some reason when I boot, the computer hangs at the blue after the windows loading screen. It is not an error screen, just the blue background of the welcome screen, but without the welcome. When I press CTRL ALT DEL to this screen it sometimes lets me in and load Windows.
Im afraid to shut my computer now, because it might not reboot.
ADAWARE says Im clean, virus scan says Im clean.
Re:Its old, (1GHZ) but it has been running Windows XP fine for like 2 or 3 years now. (since it came out). I'm replacing it with a new system soon anyway, but I need this system online when I get the new one in case I run into trouble putting the parts together.
Re:what's the specs of the system, for so many reason, Windows XP does not treat older or even damaged hardware very nicely
Re:I'll try that.
Only problem is, I'm afraid to shut down my computer cause I may not be able to get in again, lol.
Re:Perhaps, I've seen flaky USB devices cause boot up problems before. Try a different USB port for your mouse first, and then, failing that, see if you can borrow a friends mouse to test with.
Re:Hmm only my mouse. However my mouse has been shutting itself off recently when Windows goes into screensaver. The only way to get the mouse to turn back on is to hit it. However I don't have a different mouse to test. Do you think it could be due to the mouse?
Re:Do you have any USB or Firewire peripherals connected? Disconnect them and see if you boot problem goes away.
Re:No, I did Memtest for a day like a week or two ago. I didn't change ram for anything.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Hmmm did not do any hardware changes. Memtest reported no errors
How long did you let memtest run?
I would leave it running overnight just to be sure. A few minutes of testing is nowhere near enough to come to a conlusion.
Re:Hmmm did not do any hardware changes. Memtest reported no errors
Re:Sounds like a hardware problem (potentially).
Have you added or replaced any hardware recently? You might want to run Memtest (http://www.memtest86.com/) to see if it finds any problems with your RAM.
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