XP Installation

[shot]

On a clean installation of XP, the installation starts,
copies the files need, then on the very first restart of
the computer, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor
in the upper left hand corner of the screen. This is as far
as the installation gets. I have removed the modem and
video card, formated the drive, and reinstalled XP and it
still stops on the first reboot. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance, shot

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Blank Screen When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810092&Product=winxp

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"shot" > wrote in message:
...

| On a clean installation of XP, the installation starts,
| copies the files need, then on the very first restart of
| the computer, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor
| in the upper left hand corner of the screen. This is as far
| as the installation gets. I have removed the modem and
| video card, formated the drive, and reinstalled XP and it
| still stops on the first reboot. Any suggestions?
| Thanks in advance, shot

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Disable the BIOS anti-virus detection scheme.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"shot" > wrote in message
...
> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
> found. Any good suggestions?
> Thanks in advance, shot.

[modelingfrog]

try to repartition the drive.

"shot" > wrote in message
...
> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
> found. Any good suggestions?
> Thanks in advance, shot.

[Plato]

shot wrote:
>
> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my

Often you have do disable "antivirus" in the bios to install XP.



--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

[Plato]

shot wrote:
>
> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my

Often you have do disable "antivirus" in the bios to install XP.



--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

[shot]

After the first reboot during the installation, the screen
is blank or black with a cursor in the upper left hand
corner, blinking, but unable to write.=20
>-----Original Message-----
>Blank Screen When You Start Your Computer
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;810092&Product=
=3Dwinxp
>
>--=20
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>
>"shot" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| On a clean installation of XP, the installation starts,
>| copies the files need, then on the very first restart of
>| the computer, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor
>| in the upper left hand corner of the screen. This is as far
>| as the installation gets. I have removed the modem and
>| video card, formated the drive, and reinstalled XP and it
>| still stops on the first reboot. Any suggestions?
>| Thanks in advance, shot
>.
>

[shot]

Bios does not have this setting to change.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Disable the BIOS anti-virus detection scheme.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"shot" > wrote in message
...
>> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
>> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
>> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
>> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
>> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
>> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
>> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
>> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
>> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
>> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
>> found. Any good suggestions?
>> Thanks in advance, shot.
>
>
>.
>

[Remitdlo]

This sounds like an old dos problem, when you say you cleaned your harddrive
did you "fdisk" it? Rebuild your partitions? If you did, from a dos boot
diskette run "sys c:" to reload the harddrive boot code.

Good luck! Tim
"shot" > wrote in message
...
> Bios does not have this setting to change.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Disable the BIOS anti-virus detection scheme.
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"shot" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> >> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> >> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> >> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
> >> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
> >> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
> >> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
> >> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
> >> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
> >> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
> >> found. Any good suggestions?
> >> Thanks in advance, shot.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[shot]

After the first reboot during the installation, the screen
is blank or black with a cursor in the upper left hand
corner, blinking, but unable to write.=20
>-----Original Message-----
>Blank Screen When You Start Your Computer
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;810092&Product=
=3Dwinxp
>
>--=20
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>"shot" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| On a clean installation of XP, the installation starts,
>| copies the files need, then on the very first restart of
>| the computer, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor
>| in the upper left hand corner of the screen. This is as far
>| as the installation gets. I have removed the modem and
>| video card, formated the drive, and reinstalled XP and it
>| still stops on the first reboot. Any suggestions?
>| Thanks in advance, shot
>.
>

[shot]

Bios does not have this setting to change.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Disable the BIOS anti-virus detection scheme.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"shot" > wrote in message
...
>> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
>> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
>> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
>> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
>> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
>> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
>> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
>> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
>> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
>> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
>> found. Any good suggestions?
>> Thanks in advance, shot.
>
>
>.
>

[Remitdlo]

This sounds like an old dos problem, when you say you cleaned your harddrive
did you "fdisk" it? Rebuild your partitions? If you did, from a dos boot
diskette run "sys c:" to reload the harddrive boot code.

Good luck! Tim
"shot" > wrote in message
...
> Bios does not have this setting to change.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Disable the BIOS anti-virus detection scheme.
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"shot" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Installing XP OEM Home version, the files copy onto the
> >> hard drive and after coping the computer reboots for the
> >> first time, and then I get a blank screen with a cursor in
> >> the upper left hand corner of the screen. That is where my
> >> installation ends. I have removed the video card, modem and
> >> it still does the same thing. This is on a clean install.
> >> I'm not too sure what it may be, I have cleaned the hard
> >> drive, and reinstalled XP, but it still hangs on the
> >> reboot. During the reboot, I get a quick look at the boot
> >> up process of the BIOS and it states "Boot record" not
> >> found. Any good suggestions?
> >> Thanks in advance, shot.
> >
> >
> >.
> >