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XP SP2 won't boot;

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by jackogreen

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On AMD laptop; laptop can't recognize keyboard strokes, just runs through bios and hangs in black screen with blinking prompt. USB keyboard attached but only ctrl-alt-delete gets response, which is to reboot, no other keys effect this sequence. How can I boot into XP if the keyboard strokes are ignored?!? I have an install CD.

Many thanks for any help!!

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by oh smeg

I would suggest that you run some particularly a HDD tester to see if the HDD is functional or if it has failed. If it's failed there is nothing that you can do at this level to make the system work without replacing the HDD.

You can get a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD from here which can test all your hardware

http://tinyurl.com/3jnpy

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