Basically my pc has since failed to boot into XP. It loads into XP then loads into the welcome screen and just does nothing. All I get is the Windows XP Welcome splash screen and thats it, I cannot type in my password etc because it is not loaded up.
There is activity on the HDD led, I leave it for minutes and yet still nothing happens. The mouse cursor can be moved around, Ctrl, alt and del don't work.
I tried booting it in safe mode and the same thing happens.
I tried running chkdsk and that completes 100% with no problems detected.
Could the sata HD be knackered?? I get no beeps from the motherboard to indicate a problem with the other hardware etc.
My guess is that windows is buggered and maybe a fresh install would fix this, but I thought I ask on here for some advice first because I don't really want to lose all my data stored on the HD but if fixing it with a clean install of XP will fix this then I guess I got no choice.
Any advice would be most welcome.
There is activity on the HDD led, I leave it for minutes and yet still nothing happens. The mouse cursor can be moved around, Ctrl, alt and del don't work.
I tried booting it in safe mode and the same thing happens.
I tried running chkdsk and that completes 100% with no problems detected.
Could the sata HD be knackered?? I get no beeps from the motherboard to indicate a problem with the other hardware etc.
My guess is that windows is buggered and maybe a fresh install would fix this, but I thought I ask on here for some advice first because I don't really want to lose all my data stored on the HD but if fixing it with a clean install of XP will fix this then I guess I got no choice.
Any advice would be most welcome.