Windows XP Computer Hangs With Black Screen at Startup

Windows XP Computer Hangs With Black Screen at Startup

Author: brad jerry

When you attempt to start you Microsoft Windows XP- based computer, the system might appear to hang (stop responding) with a black, empty screen immediately after the POST (Power-On Self Test) operation completes. The situation occurs just before the MS Windows XP logo appears on your system's screen. This behavior of Microsoft Windows XP occurs every time when you boot your system and the system does not start.

It renders all of your hard drive partitions and critical data inaccessible and cause serious partition loss situations. At this point, you need to carry out Windows Partition Recovery to retrieve lost partitions and stored data.

Root of the problem

There are two possible reasons that might cause this issue. It occurs when any of the below conditions are true:

This problem may take place if you've any CD, DVD or floppy disk in your CD, DVD or floppy drive, at the time when you boot your Windows computer.

This issue is caused due to corruption or deletion of some critical system resources. These data structures do not load when your system tries to boot and thus the boot sequence could not complete successfully. These critical system resources include:
MBR (Master Boot Record)
Boot Sector
Partition Table
NTLDR (NT Loader) file

At this point, system does not boot and thus the hard drive partitions could not be accessed. In order to retrieve lost partitions and gain access of your data, you need to perform Partition Recovery by resolving this problem.

Solution

To sort out this behavior of Microsoft Windows XP computer, follow underwritten steps:

Solution for cause one

Remove CD, DVD or floppy drive from your system and reboot it.

Solution for cause two

To fix this problem, Windows XP boot CD is required. Take a XP CD and follow any of the given methods:

Troubleshoot the particular element that is preventing your system from booting.

Repair Microsoft Windows installation.

When all else fail, Partition Recovery is required to salvage affected hard drive and extract lost data. This is best possible using powerful and effective commercial Partition Recovery Software. The applications are capable of methodically scanning Windows hard drive and retrieving all lost partitions and stored data. With interactive and simple graphical user interface, the applications are completely easy to use and do not demand sound technical skills.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced Partition Recovery Software tool to ensure successful recovery in majority of partition loss situations. It recovers all FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions. The tool works well with Microsoft Windows 7 RC1, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.


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About the Author: Brad jerry student of Mass Communication doing research on Mac disk recovery And Mac Recovery Software And Mac file recovery services . He is also a freelancer for http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/

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