DanTheGamer11 Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Windows xp won't boot past the splash screen, it's turns black and restarts. does anyone know what to do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Do you have a reinstall disc? You'll probably have to run some commands from the Recovery Console. I'd first check the health of the hard drive, then try some mbr repair commands. sfc /scannow might also help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezcore Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 go into the BIOS and turn off the option to reboot on errors, if you can Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Do you have a reinstall disc? You'll probably have to run some commands from the Recovery Console. I'd first check the health of the hard drive, then try some mbr repair commands. sfc /scannow might also help. What commads? I have oem version of the os disc, does it matter if its oem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 OEM is fine. fixmbr and fixboot come to mind, there are a list of commands in the recovery console. To scan the hard drive for errors, chkdsk. Having said that, it's worth trying, but I've always ended up with a reformat when I got a black screen after the spalsh screen. Hopefully someone else will have some more advanced ideas. Did you try what pezcore said? If you can stop the rebooting you might get an error screen with useful information. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 OEM is fine. fixmbr and fixboot come to mind, there are a list of commands in the recovery console. To scan the hard drive for errors, chkdsk. Having said that, it's worth trying, but I've always ended up with a reformat when I got a black screen after the spalsh screen. Hopefully someone else will have some more advanced ideas. Did you try what pezcore said? If you can stop the rebooting you might get an error screen with useful information. I didn't see the option... I think I should upgrade to win7 and copy all data to it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
00stevo Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 Always partition your HDD.That way if you have to reinstall you wont lose all your data,only the OS and programs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) go into the BIOS and turn off the option to reboot on errors, if you can That's not a BIOS option, that's an option in Windows. It won't help if he's crashing on boot though. Always partition your HDD.That way if you have to reinstall you wont lose all your data,only the OS and programs.Reinstalling doesn't require a format. I'd try running Fixboot to start. Edited November 12, 2009 by Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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