Windows Goes Blank after Welcome Screen Solved/Closed

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I have had this system up and running for a year or so, no problems.

My Comodo antivirus was updating the software, and now it won't boot up (black screen for 5 minutes) just after the Welcome XP screen

Tried Safe Mode, got stuck in the same place.

I've tried booting into Windows XP CD, but stops in a similar spot.

I'm now using a Ubuntu Live CD (10.2) which took about 8 minutes to boot up.  

Is this a software issue (I reckon).  No new hardware has been introduced since last bootup.

Any ubuntu utilities I can use to check the disks? Or antivirus?

Ambucias · Answer

Greetings,

Look very much like a hard disk failure.

I suggest you consult a technician to confirm my diagnostic.

snakeyes99 · Answer

Just got it working.  Looked at another thread (with a laptop) and the user, took out the battery, unplugged it, then turned it off for 2 minutes.

I just unplugged the computer (desktop) for 10 minutes.  Turned it on, and it was fine . . .. . quite weird I must say.  In all my years building/maintaining computers, that's never happened, but glad it was an easy fix.

Windows Goes Blank after Welcome Screen

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