Blank Screen w/ flashing cursor during winxp startup

[kittygrl010101]

As of 3 days ago when my computer is starting up a blank black screen with only a flashing line cursor in the upper left hand corner appears and lasts for 5minutes until the computer finally is started up and ready to use. I run windows xp and have not installed or done anything different to it. Why is this happening and how do I fix it?? Thank you!

[falling2rock]

A similar thing happened to me once and it ended up being because I was really really close to running out of Hard Drive Space, so for some reason that made it harder for windows to start up. I finally fixed it by deleting some files in DOS mode. Could that be the problem?

[Panama Red]

Is this a factory built pc or a home build? Please supply some hardware specs.

[kittygrl010101]

Originally Posted by Panama Red Is this a factory built pc or a home build? Please supply some hardware specs.

it's a dell 4600

[kittygrl010101]

Originally Posted by falling2rock A similar thing happened to me once and it ended up being because I was really really close to running out of Hard Drive Space, so for some reason that made it harder for windows to start up. I finally fixed it by deleting some files in DOS mode. Could that be the problem?

i dont think so im only like 1/6 full

[kittygrl010101]

you people arent very helpful...this place sucks.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by kittygrl010101 you people arent very helpful...this place sucks.

That's the kind of comment that will get you banned from here in a heartbeat. You need to reread the Forum Rules. We don't tolerate flaming of any kind here. And this isn't a chat room. You need to be patient to get an answer.

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[liquidblue69mce]

Red's right, be cool... The answer may not come for a bit because there are some many other threads that people look at and it takes time to get the troubleshooting a rolling to this one. There's one thing you have to remeber, all this info at your finger tips, is free (well, for now)...

[glc]

The more details you provide, the quicker you are going to get a response. None of us have the ability to look through the internet and see your computer.

The easy thing to do is do a system restore back to a date before the problems started. I assume you have done full malware scans?