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May 24th, 2004, 10:42 PM
#1
Boot problem white bar on black screen
Hi all,
I had a hard drive crash. I reformatted (low level), installed windows XP, then installed SP1 and the security patches. Now I have a wierd problem.
On boot, the pc goes past the boot screen like normal, but then the screen goes black. The Hard drive light goes on and a white bar goes across the bottom of the black screen. I hear the HD chug as the bar fills from left to right (like the HD is being checked for errors). Then the bar fills and the PC boots like normal & works fine. This happenes on every boot, warm or cold.
Not A BIG PROPBLEM BUT IT TAKES 3-4 MINUTES TO BOOT.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this so I boot normally.
Thanks
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May 25th, 2004, 01:59 AM
#2
Registered User
Welcome to Windrives lennyn,
What you’re describing it sounds like your hard drive is ready to die.
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May 25th, 2004, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wmicro
Welcome to Windrives lennyn,
What you’re describing it sounds like your hard drive is ready to die.
Yep! It did.
Thanks
Case Closed
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