My windows XP wont start

[souljasam]

I just got an external hard drive for my computer. and when i tried to safely remove the external hardrive i accidentaly remove a differente usb mass storage device and now my computer wont go to the OS. the computer and moniter are running fine but nothing will show on the moniter at all. it wont show the computer booting up either its just black. plz help.

[souljasam]

oops i forgot to ask another question.

is it possible i asked the computer to remove the internal hard drive?

is the internal hard drive considered a usb mass storage device?

i really need help asap. thanks for any help i get.

[rjfvillarosa]

Do you get to the BIOS screen and can you boot into safemode?

[souljasam]

i get nothing at all. i turn on the computer and it runs and everything turns on and stuff but the screen stays black. the comp was running fine like an hour or two ago so i know the cable isnt broken.

[rjfvillarosa]

What colour is the LED on the front of the monitor?

[souljasam]

its is orange like it is in sleep mode. and when i shut it off and turn it back on it goes green. but the screen says "off mode in 5 sec" like when i shut the computer off.

[rjfvillarosa]

Switching XP on and off without shutting it down correctly is going to damage it, shut it all down once more and remove the mains cable from the wall socket, wait ten minutes and then plug it back in and start it up again.
What did you unplug instead of the harddrive?

[souljasam]

well i didnt really unplug anythin besides the hard drive and i did shut the computer down correctly. im just wondering if i accidntally told the comp i was going to remover the hard drive so it made it ready to take it out. cuz i stopped the external hard drive and a diff usb mass sstorage device. the computer said it was still hooked up and needed to be removed when i tried to reinstall it. i then removed eveything from the back cept the moniter mouse keyboard and power cable. but the computer said the hardware was still hooked up nd needed to be removed.

[pam123]

Originally Posted by souljasam oops i forgot to ask another question. is it possible i asked the computer to remove the internal hard drive? is the internal hard drive considered a usb mass storage device? i really need help asap. thanks for any help i get.

In theory all SATA drives are "hot swappable" and a little icon to that effect will appear in your System Tray.
In practice hot swapping your 'C' drive is a really bad idea (Windows won't do it which proves that there's some sense in Redmond.).
If it's not the 'C' drive and you have it in a removable cage, then yes your SATA drive can become a removable mass storage device though not a usb one.
Internal PATA drives are not hot swappable but with the same cage they can be removed from the computer at need and when it's off. Again they're not usb in this instance.
An internal drive is not a usb mass storage device.
If you want to use a hard drive as a removable usb mass storage device you can either buy an external usb/firewire enclosure for it or you can buy it already in an enclosure.
Only in those instances could it be treated as a removable usb mass storage device.

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by souljasam is it possible i asked the computer to remove the internal hard drive? is the internal hard drive considered a usb mass storage device?

No and No

[souljasam]

im letting the computer sit like u said. is there anything that is labled as a usb mass storage device that if stopped would make a computer not boot?

[rjfvillarosa]

Check all the connections on the back of the machine and then reset the PSU as I told you in the earlier post about unplugging from the wall socket.

[souljasam]

ok its working now thanks for all the help i really appreciate it. funny thing is this was the first thing i tried before i went to this website and it didnt work before.

[rjfvillarosa]

I am glad you have got it working again, take some time now to check all your connections and cables, if you haven't had time before maybe a little spring cleaning is in order.

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by souljasam im letting the computer sit like u said. is there anything that is labled as a usb mass storage device that if stopped would make a computer not boot?

Not that I am aware of.