My computer wont start in normal mode? Closed

Question

Hello,
I have a dell dimension 3000 pc that will not start past the dell logo....it goes too the dell screen with the loading bar and the loading bar goes for a few seconds and then freezes, I have to press F8 and load up in safe mode to get logged on and then I cant surf cause it is all pixeled...can someone please help me!!! I also have no windows disk for it...using windows xp.

sharpman · Answer

can you boot into safe mode with command prompt?

if you can, do that. at the c:> type chkdsk /x c:

let this run through to completion, may take a while if there are problems.
once this has gone through, reboot your PC.

if you can't get a safe mode command prompt, go into safe mode as per before and select run/cmd, this will bring up a dos windo. enter the chkdsk command as mentioned. it may say that it acnnot be done, would you like to do it next time windows is started (or something along those lines), say yes and reboot.
The PC will then go into a chkdsk cycle on boot up. again let this complete. go away and have a brew or something.

I hope this solves the issue for you.

michelle30 · Answer

I tried doing what you said with command promt and it still wont let me on...I was wrong about the dell logo though...its the windows screen with the loading bar I cant get pat...it goes past the dell logo but not past the windows loading screen...

sharpman · Answer

have you tried f8, last known good configuration?

did the computer do a chkdsk, did it find any errors?

My computer wont start in normal mode?

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