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<blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 3460408" data-attributes="member: 1241">OK, maybe I spoke too soon?&nbsp; When I got home this evening, my Internet Explorer crashed and kept reopening over and over, so I decided to restart my computer.&nbsp; I don't know what happened at that point, but now Windows won't start up anymore.&nbsp; This is what happens when I power/up restart:1. There is activity from the CD-Rom, and then the DVD-Rom, and the red light on the optical mouse comes on.2. The red light on the hard drive lights up while there is drive activity.3. I get a screen displaying the logo for the graphics card for a few seconds, which then goes away.4. I get a black screen with a flashing thing resembling a command prompt, which moves down the screen a few steps and disappears.5. The screen for Windows Safe Mode appears.&nbsp; I can choose to enter any version of Safe Mode, which loads up fine.&nbsp; This proves to me that Windows is not completely destroyed.6. If I choose to &quot;Start Windows Normally&quot;, go to &quot;Last Known Good Configuration&quot;, or wait 30 seconds for it to time out, the computer attempts to start Windows.7. The red drive light starts up again, and the screen for Windows XP comes up for a few seconds.&nbsp; However, instead of starting Windows, the computer starts over at step 1.Any idea what to do here?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BOZ, post: 3460408, member: 1241"] OK, maybe I spoke too soon? When I got home this evening, my Internet Explorer crashed and kept reopening over and over, so I decided to restart my computer. I don't know what happened at that point, but now Windows won't start up anymore. This is what happens when I power/up restart: 1. There is activity from the CD-Rom, and then the DVD-Rom, and the red light on the optical mouse comes on. 2. The red light on the hard drive lights up while there is drive activity. 3. I get a screen displaying the logo for the graphics card for a few seconds, which then goes away. 4. I get a black screen with a flashing thing resembling a command prompt, which moves down the screen a few steps and disappears. 5. The screen for Windows Safe Mode appears. I can choose to enter any version of Safe Mode, which loads up fine. This proves to me that Windows is not completely destroyed. 6. If I choose to "Start Windows Normally", go to "Last Known Good Configuration", or wait 30 seconds for it to time out, the computer attempts to start Windows. 7. The red drive light starts up again, and the screen for Windows XP comes up for a few seconds. However, instead of starting Windows, the computer starts over at step 1. Any idea what to do here? [/QUOTE]

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