This looks like explorer not loading. Have the same problem 2 times out of three, waiting for a faster disk to troubleshoot the problem. Have you tried to wait (3 minutes for me).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:22 PM To: Jonathan Kelly Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] rescuing an x31? Didn't work. None of lost known or the safe mode options do anything other than go to a black screen with safe mode around the edges and some XP designator at the top Jonathan Kelly wrote: > F8 just after bios but before windows logo appears, then choose "last > known good configuration". --- Give that a try. > > richard wrote: >> My wife's x31 won't boot Windows XP. If I turn it on, it goes >> through the Windows logo screen, then goes to a blue screen, but with >> a working mouse, and just sits there. If I boot in safe mode, it >> says safe mode around the edges, with a black screen and a working >> mouse, and just sits there. >> >> How do I go about trying to fix this? >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
