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Running windows xp on an emachine, turn on the pc, it starts to load, it says to please wait, but the desktop never loads, the screen goes black, the tower is still running.. tried to recover from startup/recovery disk, it began but while it's loading the monitor goes black...
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If there is a boot menu you may have to load the CD drive from there and the restore disk will load. Check the boot screen when the PC is first turned on and look for restore option and which key to press. It is usually F10 or F11. If all else fails press F8 on start before the first boot screen vanishes and select the prompt option. then load the CD from there after you ID the drive letter.
Take a windows XP CD, Switch on your PC and go to "BIOS" menu and select "Boot From CD/DVD" whichever is applicable for your pc. Now insert the Win Xp disc i drive and start PC, Boot the Pc From CD Drive and you shall get the Blue screen of windows Installation. Restart the PC by hard pressing the power button for 30 secs. Now you will be able to login to windows.
Hi, You have a bad hard drive sector. If you have other PC install the hard drive as a slave and create a partition. hope this info will help you solve the problem
Before windows loads press F8 on the keyboard to get an advanced menu. choose the option that says disable automatic restart on error and see what error you get. Also try the Safe Mode option. That click sounds like the harddrive is failing.
Try holding down the "F-8" key when the emachines logo appears, see if you get a prompt for "safe mode". If you can get the system up and running in safe mode, shut it back down from the start menu. That should rewrite the boot sector and may clear the problem.
There seems to be a problem with the operating system that is being installed. This often happens if you use the restore disks that came from another computer.
Are you sure that you used the disks that came with that exact computer? Does it flash a blue screen right before restarting the cycle?
Try the restore over again and if the problem persists, you may have to either order new restore disks for your computer or buy a fresh copy of Windows XP.
Before doing anything start your PC and keep pressing F8 slowly. A screen will appear with options choose Last Known Good Configuration to see if it cures your problem.
Delena
problems like this is associated to RAM malfunctioning.
1.your RAM might not be sitting properly on the RAM slot,you will need to resit the RAM by opening the system unit and remove the Ram and resit it firmly.
2.if step one prove abortive,check the RAM for compatibility and the RAM health of such Ram.if it continue,
3.consider replacing the RAM with a known good one
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