This is so weird. I'm working on this Windows ME machine. The user says that about 3 weeks ago it started to hang on startup for about 10 minutes then finish loading. I started it up, it posted, showed the Windows ME splash screen, then went to a black screen with nothing but a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner. It sat at this black screen for literally 10 minutes! (It could be longer because I never actually sat there the whole time.) I reinstalled ME and it still happened. Now I'm thinking hardware. I'll check into that tonight when. But, has this ever happened to anyone before? Do you think it's ME or hardware gone bad?

Thanks.