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RoadtoGlory
RoadtoGlory asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Black screen after rebot, why?

I JUST bought a new hard drive, got that in and reloaded my windows xp, everything was working great, then yesterday I restarted my laptop and a blackscreen comes up with a white cursur in the upper left, computer will not start back up. What is this and how can I get around it?

Update:

I wouldnt imagine my hard drive would be dead as I just replaced it before this last week lol. But I will check and make sure its plugged in correctly!

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  • vangstang
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    Your hard drive maybe dead. Open case, hopefully the power cable is just loose, if so reattach cable and see if it will reboot to your OS. Mine did the same last week, I opened it and power cable was loose and I replaced and restarted it.

  • Egore
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I suggest running a repair from the XP CD.

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