hello,
i’m working on an HP Media Center PC M7680N.
on bootup, it makes it through the HP screen, and then the Windows XP screen and then it just hangs there with a blank screen for 15-20 minutes before finally launching into windows. once in windows it works great – very fast.
things i’ve already tried:
– safe mode (same thing happens).
– reset bios to defaults.
– ran chkdsk /r from windows cmd prompt
– ran sfc /scannow (don’t have the xp pro cd which it wants, i only have an xp home cd.
– removed all viruses, adware and spyware.
since i don’t have the o/s cd for this computer, i can’t just re-install the o/s. does anyone have any ideas on how i might be able to fix this problem?
