My pc is an old dell with xpPro sp3, 4 mb ram, mucho hdd space.
Recently, it's not loading properly and can't get in to xp. It sits there with a light-blue screen with the cursor in the middle of the screen. The only acton I can do is Ctrl+Alt+Del to access the Task manager. I can reboot from here and as it's loading I can do F12 or F8.
I can access a Safe Mode load (various methods) or access the Utility Partition.
The last time I checked, the C drive was ok.
What is the best way to get the pc loading correctly?
One time (I don't know how I got there) I had the ability to restore the os to a previous sav, which didn't work. How to get to that ability again?
When it's running ok it takes minutes to shut down the os as well as many moons to reboot from a pc off situation.
Recently, it's not loading properly and can't get in to xp. It sits there with a light-blue screen with the cursor in the middle of the screen. The only acton I can do is Ctrl+Alt+Del to access the Task manager. I can reboot from here and as it's loading I can do F12 or F8.
I can access a Safe Mode load (various methods) or access the Utility Partition.
The last time I checked, the C drive was ok.
What is the best way to get the pc loading correctly?
One time (I don't know how I got there) I had the ability to restore the os to a previous sav, which didn't work. How to get to that ability again?
When it's running ok it takes minutes to shut down the os as well as many moons to reboot from a pc off situation.