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by **Stonka2004** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:08 pm

i just deleted my partition and put a fresh copy of windows xp home on my computer, i can go into safe mode [all 3] but when it starts normally, at the part where theres a black screen with a windows xp logo and the 'loading bar' with the green block going from left to right
[i hope you understand me]... ...anyway that green block stops and it freezes and i am very frustrated i dont know what to do please help! thanx!

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:23 pm

Read this article

by **Stonka2004** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:34 pm

thanx but thats not the problem, its when its loading to start, theres a windows xp logo with a black background, thats when it freezes, please help thanx!

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:50 pm

If you can go into safe mode, can you access the Device Manager? If so see if you have anything with an exclamation mark beside it.

by **Stonka2004** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:58 pm

no there isnt i checked that b4, any other suggestions?

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:12 pm

Have you checked your bios?

by **Stonka2004** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:22 pm

have i checked BIOS for what?

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:55 pm

Did you already have XP on this system before and just decided to re-install for some odd reason? Is everything loaded and seem to be ok when your in safe mode?

Are you sure you have the recommended requirements for installing XP?

(As stated by Microsoft)

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Home Edition
PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233-MHz minimum required;* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk space.*
Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

by **Cactus** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:20 pm

So what did you do after deleting the partition?
Better still...how did you delete the partition?
You don't mention your system specs,which would help us give you a better answer.

Boot the pc using a win98 boot disk...
FDISK the drive and make sure it shows up in the BIOS.
After that Re-Format the drive then try and re-install XP.
Make sure its not formatted Fat16....
It must be Fat32 or NTSF.

Cactus

by **icecube** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:20 am

your install might have picked the wrong video drivers or the card is funky. Try installing generic drivers (vga) in safe mode and reboot --

Then download new drivers for your card.

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