Novek Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Hello i'm trying to install windows xp on my old pc but when it finishes copying files and reboots the screen goes black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokiamies Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Could you be more clear. What specs pc got? What point it blackscreen, after bios or after windows xp splash screen? Does hdd click when does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novek Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Mr.Scienceman2000 said: Could you be more clear. What specs pc got? What point it blackscreen, after bios or after windows xp splash screen? Does hdd click when does? CPU: Intel Pentium E5800 GPU: Integrated Intel Graphics RAM: 2 GB it went black after the bios and there is no hdd activity Edited September 6, 2021 by Novek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokiamies Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 36 minutes ago, Novek said: CPU: Intel Pentium GPU: Integrated Intel Graphics Original Pentium from 1990s or newer 64bit one. Well jokes aside could you you give other specs like model 37 minutes ago, Novek said: it went black after the bios and there is no hdd activity tried boot from boot menu to hdd and made sure hdd is on boot list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyShadow Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Sounds like the bootloader is borked. It may have also never been written to the disk if there is protection enabled in the BIOS settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novek Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr.Scienceman2000 said: Original Pentium from 1990s or newer 64bit one. Well jokes aside could you you give other specs like model HP 500B MT Intel Pentium E5800 1 hour ago, RainyShadow said: It may have also never been written to the disk if there is protection enabled in the BIOS settings. I went back to windows 7 and went to the xp partition and there is only a windows folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyShadow Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 37 minutes ago, Novek said: I went back to windows 7 and went to the xp partition and there is only a windows folder So, it didn't actually finish copying files. Writing the bootloader comes after that. Did the installer ask you to press a key to reboot (while also counting down for automatic reboot)? I guess it didn't. Since you have another working Windows there, you can just use WinNTSetup to install XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novek Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, RainyShadow said: Did the installer ask you to press a key to reboot (while also counting down for automatic reboot)? i dont remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyShadow Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Novek said: i dont remember OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwisomialbert Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Hi Problem of boot because u installed xp after Seven insert win 7 cd.... Repair startup...it will find Seven and xp entries... Restart ... choose xp ...when xp loads, insert your usb flash or xp cd to continue the installation I do like that always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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