I Need Help - PC Not Booting into Windows

[florinp7487]

I have a problem and looks like there's no way out...I start my PC , after bios processor and ddr informations, instead of windows xp logo it appears a black screen with an horizontal white stripe similar like that one when you're starting recovery console.It takes more than 10 minutes to disappear and windows xp logo to appear.What should I do?That white stripe is really annoying and can wait 15 min for windows to start!

[Fordy]

Download Piriform CCleaner and install it.

Navigate to Registry (On the left) and click Scan for Issues. Then select Fix Selected, back up if you wish but not neccessary.

Reboot and see if that's made any difference.

If not, go into the BIOS on startup and get it to boot from CD before HDD, then insert XP disc and reboot.

Select option to repair the install.

[florinp7487]

Looks like it doesn't work...and I tried also the second solution that u gave me that one with hdd formatting and a fresh installation of widows...I updated my bios and turned back to previous one and I reset it also by pulling out the battery from the mainboard!any other solutions?

[Fordy]

Wow.. very surprised even repairing windows didn't fix - let alone reformat and install..

Must be a hardware issue..

Can you list your specs please?

[florinp7487]

You know I was thinking that problem is a hardware issue!All this mess happened after electricity has stopped...and after this I start my computer and I've seen that stripe...I tried a lot of things to repair this...nothing...I updated also bios and turned back to initial one I reset it , I tried to repair with a fresh copy windows...nothing...my configuration:cpu amd athlon 3000+ chipset via m2v asus , video asus 1600 pro 256 mb , 2.5 ddr 2 kingmax...maxtor 80 gb!still working fine !

[Fordy]

Was the PC on when the power went?

[florinp7487]

Yes the pc was on!

[Fordy]

Could have affected the PSU.


Have you tried using a different one?

[florinp7487]

No!i haven't tried anything...regarding hardware!Thx anyway!But I think that I have to go at service for some debugging...!

[Fordy]

Well I would storngly reccommend trying a different PSU.

Even if you don't have one they're very cheap really.