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Black Screen On Set Up

charlotte_rose
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I booted up my desktop as usual this morning. Everything fine for first hour, then my pc completely froze and was unresponsive. I held down the start button on the front of the machine for 6 seconds and it shut down.
When I have come to boot up again, it goes fine until the "welcome" screen at which it pauses for 15 seconds then just goes black/blank apart from the mouse cursor.
This time I have booted up in safe mode to allow me access to post on here.
Any ideas of what to do?
I should add it runs on XP.
When I have come to boot up again, it goes fine until the "welcome" screen at which it pauses for 15 seconds then just goes black/blank apart from the mouse cursor.
This time I have booted up in safe mode to allow me access to post on here.
Any ideas of what to do?

I should add it runs on XP.
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Brand name and model number?0
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NiftyDigits wrote: »Brand name and model number?
Dell Dimension E520
In safe mode with networking, I have noticed there is no sound for say youtube or winamp.0 -
You should run ChkDsk from Safe Mode with Command Prompt. But ultimately you should back up your data in readiness for a Factory Restore/Clean Install.0
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all sorted now. did a google as short of time. my computer, c drive, right click properties, tools and error checking. ticked boxes and restarted as per normal. took an hour but seems fine now thankfully.
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charlotte_rose wrote: »all sorted now. did a google as short of time. my computer, c drive, right click properties, tools and error checking. ticked boxes and restarted as per normal. took an hour but seems fine now thankfully.
thanks for the responses
eek unless I do this every time I boot the dreaded black screen returns.
Is there another way to get rid of it for good?0 -
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