Windows xp no boot blank screen

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This will remove the unreadable partitions on them, and allow setup to start normally. Isolated blank screen problem to single drive. New drive was GB so first tried making drive primary master, primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave and XP boot disk would still blank out when setup started. Changed video in bios and video card just in case video issue. No jumper configuration changed drive being seen. Also changed bios settings for hard drive where possible and no change. Installed another GB drive and this drive worked with same XP boot disk, no problem.

So far have not gotten first drive to be seen but my blank screen problem is hard drive not being able to been seen by XP setup. I know this is an old thread but I had the same issue this morning as described here when my primary HD blew so tried to install Windows on a secondary HD; I also resolved it and the method may be useful as it was quite simple. When I switched the drive windows XP install would hang on a blank screen.

So might be worth checking the drive settings if anyone else gets this problem. My suggestions are: 1. After this you can install Windows XP. Verify if you don? Hi thanks i think that can work i only have one problem, my linux cd does not prompt me to delete the partition, i dont know linux so do you maybe know how to do it?

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Script Center. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Insert the Windows installation disc, and boot your computer from the disc. Click Repair your computer instead of Install now. Then click Next to go System Recovery Options. Choose Startup Repair to repair black screen on boot issue. Method 4. Command Prompt The detailed steps are quite similar with the startup repair except for the sixth step: Choose Command Prompt option after selecting the Windows you want to perform.

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