On Fri, 5 May 2017 05:18:19 -0500, philo wrote:

On 05/05/2017 05:06 AM, Micky wrote:
A winXP question, but a serious one, so I'm asking for help from
v10-hotshots too.

My Acer Netbook (about 8 to 10 years old, model not remembered but on
request) has been working fine, except for the usual Firefox too many
tabs problem. This time I closed Windows normally and the next time I
tried to boot it, 10 or 15 minutes went by and nothing showed on the
screen. Nothing on the screen when I started, in the middle, or when
I got tired and turned the computer off.

Turned it off with the power button, and on restart, it did nothing
again, for 10 or 15 minutes. Much of the time the harddrive light was
on steadily. Sometimes it flickered and then went back to steady.



After a bad shut-down Windows will typically run CHKDSK /F. then reboot.

The monitor sometimes will be completely dark when that is happing and
you are only going to make things worse by just shutting things down.

If you turn off the splash screen you may be able to view what's happening


https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-disa...config-2626116

Did as it says, but on one start and one coming out of hibernation,
still didn't see anything until the big bright windows screen just a
couple seconds before the yet to be filled desktop. No opening
statements like Press F10 for BIOS or whatever else is on that page.

But it's working now, so that's good.