I’ve got a Dell Optiplex 755 running Windows XP… or trying to any way. When you turn the thing on, it POST’s and then goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner. I am able to get to BIOS and the boot menu but that is it. I’ve Googled around a bit and have not had any success in finding a resolution.
Things I’ve tried
1. I removed the disk and put it in a external enclosure and verified it can be read and all the data is there.
2. I’ve run Dell diagnostics and no errors are reported
3. I’ve booted into recovery console and run chkdsk /r; fixmbr; fixboot; bootcfg /rebuild
4. I’ve attempted to repair Windows from the setup screen booting from CD.
None of this has helped or changed the behavior. I verified the BIOS settings were correct for my SATA drive.
I have 2 160Gbyte SATA drives and 2GB RAM. System was functioning normally and no changes were made prior to this issue occurring.
I’m stumped… anyone anyone… Beuller Beuller…
edit: I would really really really really like to avoid having to reload Windows on this bad boy. The reconfiguration will be a nightmare. No I have no back up but before you scold me, I am field service and this isn’t my site. I’m covering for someone else. Thanks for listening 😉
:ar!
