I have recently had this problem where my computer would take at lest a good hour or so to turn back on.
At first, It would take at lest 3 good trys for it to start up. But before Windows XP start's up I would have this process where the screen is black and theres this this "blinking line". It would blink for at lest 2 seconds then Windows XP would successfully starts up (that's how my computer normaly starts up).
But now the screen would be black and the line would just blink for hours and hours and there isnt hope what so ever. I know this sound REALLY confusing but are there any suggestions at all?
And here are my specs: Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT 2.6 GHz 1 GB of DDR RAM Windows Xp Professional and a horrible Geforce 4 MX 440 64 mb (I have a 256 MB x1300 pro on my other computer but this one has a 250watt power supply :( )
But I have a storebought computer and I don't have one clue on taking it out. And n#2 im not going to even trying to reboot cause its going to take forever to start back up my computer has been on for a good week and yesterday I installed windows media 11 it had to retstart it took and hour and a half to turn back on.
And I'm buying *ahem downloading *ahem Windows Vista right now should I try doing that then?
No, dont use vista, why would you "buy" a OS you arent even familiar with, and your system is not meant for vista you dont have the hardware to run it. "buy" xp.
Well you have to reboot, the good thing is the windows install disc will be accessed before the blinking light, as is safe mode.
If you set your cd drive to be the first boot option, then it will auto load a xp install cd right after the bios. If you push f8 as you start up, you should get to the windows advanced start up options, and then you can see if safe mode makes a difference.
id say reformat. that happened to me and about a month later my computer broke.. the hard drive magnets wore down and started hitting the disk a couple thousand times a minute LOL
why so against linux? it doesnt take good specs but still runs well
"hard drive magnets wore down and started hitting the disk a couple thousand times a minute LOL" what should I do for that!? :O I'm "buying" windows xp professional at the moment and thank you scar :)
Computer takes 1 hour to tur
At first, It would take at lest 3 good trys for it to start up. But before Windows XP start's up I would have this process where the screen is black and theres this this "blinking line". It would blink for at lest 2 seconds then Windows XP would successfully starts up (that's how my computer normaly starts up).
But now the screen would be black and the line would just blink for hours and hours and there isnt hope what so ever. I know this sound REALLY confusing but are there any suggestions at all?
Heres what the "blinking line process looks like:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1820/h..
And here are my specs:
Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT 2.6 GHz
1 GB of DDR RAM
Windows Xp Professional
and a horrible Geforce 4 MX 440 64 mb (I have a 256 MB x1300 pro on my other computer but this one has a 250watt power supply :( )
PLEASE HELP ME IM NICE IRL! :)
Try using a windows xp install cd first, and see if reinstalling windows over the other copy fixes it.
Can you boot up in to safe mode?
And I'm buying *ahem downloading *ahem Windows Vista right now should I try doing that then?
Well you have to reboot, the good thing is the windows install disc will be accessed before the blinking light, as is safe mode.
If you set your cd drive to be the first boot option, then it will auto load a xp install cd right after the bios. If you push f8 as you start up, you should get to the windows advanced start up options, and then you can see if safe mode makes a difference.
why so against linux? it doesnt take good specs but still runs well
I had a old, white Dell XPS do that. We never could figure out why it would hang on the white, blinking line thing.
/reformat C:\
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