XP dies on boot.....

[djmc_72]

Not sure where to put this in the forum.

While XP Pro boots.... I see the Widows XP logo and the tracking bar moving left to right as it is booting. Once that is completed my monitor tunrs gray then within 5 or so seconds it goes black. It sounds as though one of my harddrives is still spinning after the screen goes black.

I am at a loss on this one. Any help would be great.

Thanks,
Darin

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
Antec NeoPower 650 ATX12V
Antec Sonata
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 800
EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI
WD Caviar SE 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
WD 160GB primary

[shadowpr]

Can you boot into safe mode?

[Kov-Ice]

Is this a new build, or did this problem just occur to an existing computer?

[djmc_72]

Yes, I am able to get to safe mode.

Here is how I got to this point. On 2/29 I was connected to the internet via my 56K modem. I believe I had three IE windows running and Microsoft Money '05. I needed to make a phone call immediately. I made quick efforts to close all windows and shut down properly, but I became impatient and in a bit of rage I shut the power supply off. So here I am now. The machine ran fine before this incident. Machine was built Oct '07.

Thank you all for your help!!

[shadowpr]

If you can boot into safe mode, I would try a repair install.

[djmc_72]

Will I need to worry about backing up the hard drives to do a repair install?

Thanks again,
Darin

[shadowpr]

It's always a good idea to have a back up just in case, but the repair install shouldn't delete anything. It whould just repair the windows files incase they are corrupt.

[Kov-Ice]

Originally Posted by djmc_72 Will I need to worry about backing up the hard drives to do a repair install?

As shadow said, it's highly recommended that you back your data files up on a regular basis. It can be as simple as dragging important documents to a Flash Drive, burning to DVD, or even getting a second internal or external drive involved. You just never know when lightning might strike...