Author Topic: Black Screen (Read 10741 times)

Sommer1 · « **on:** April 18, 2007, 01:17:15 AM »

I had WINDOWS 98 I went to download XP and through a comedy of errors I now get a black screen when I start up.. It asks me for a command but I have yet to find one that works...Any ideas?

street1 (RIP) · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2007, 04:19:42 AM »

First I must ask. How do you download XP?

Dark Blade · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2007, 04:33:55 AM »

I don't think that you are meant to download XP... unless you had a CD or something.

And what exactly does the black screen say?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2007, 04:37:37 AM »

Quote from: Sommer1 on April 18, 2007, 01:17:15 AM

I had WINDOWS 98 I went to download XP and through a comedy of errors I now get a black screen when I start up.. It asks me for a command but I have yet to find one that works...Any ideas?

How about posting the long and complete version of the story, including answering the questions above.

Raptor · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2007, 06:08:59 AM »

Installing is not downloading...

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Download:

A term used by computer illiterate people to describe every action they do on the computer.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2007, 06:45:24 AM »

Unless he got it off the internet..........somehow

Althought I assume he meant install.

Zylstra · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2007, 11:17:46 AM »

Does your computer meet the requirements for XP?

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU *
64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features) *
1.5 GB of available hard disk space *
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Maximum:
1 Physical CPU (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM

4 GB of Virtual Memory
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)
> 137 GB Hard Disks require SP1 or higher (48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS Required)

Recommended:
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
1.5 GB of available hard disk space *
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
Sound card and speakers
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

* Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the applications and features you choose to install. Additional available hard disk space may be required if you are installing over a network.
(Source: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPRequirements.html )

Dark Blade · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2007, 12:16:40 AM »

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Unless he got it off the internet..........somehow
Althought I assume he meant install.

Someone could have put XP up on the internet (LimeWire comes to mind), because it is quite old. Or he could have got it off a copied CD, which some people do (my friend has a copied Vista CD).

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Download:

A term used by computer illiterate people to describe every action they do on the computer.

I agree with that; some people I know say that they downloaded it off a CD, which isn't really downloading it.

Zylstra · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2007, 10:36:23 AM »

Well, if its such a terrible thing, write an FAQ About common mistaked words....

Sommer1, how about those XP Requirements?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2007, 02:29:11 PM »

Alas, Sommer1 has been abducted by aliens.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2007, 02:49:47 PM »

You mean he was uploaded?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2007, 04:26:30 PM »

That is correct, and one applaud for you!

Dark Blade · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2007, 12:17:14 AM »

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Alas, Sommer1 has been abducted by aliens.

That seems to happen to many OPs, they create a topic, then don't respond or even look at the topic.

Zylstra · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2007, 11:25:01 AM »

Quote from: Dark Blade on April 20, 2007, 12:17:14 AM

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Alas, Sommer1 has been abducted by aliens.

That seems to happen to many OPs, they create a topic, then don't respond or even look at the topic.

You mean newbies? OP's are the operators of the fourms (moderators, admin, etc)

GX1_Man · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2007, 01:00:05 PM »

OP can mean original poster, and usually does.

Zylstra · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2007, 01:59:51 PM »

Quote from: GX1_Man on April 20, 2007, 01:00:05 PM

OP can mean original poster, and usually does.

Oh
I guess I was thinking of IRC for a while there...

Dark Blade · « **Reply #16 on:** April 20, 2007, 04:13:10 PM »

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OP can mean original poster, and usually does.

Yep, that's what I meant. And most of the time, the OP isn't here (if they're newbies, they just post one then leave the site forever).

Zylstra · « **Reply #17 on:** April 20, 2007, 04:47:21 PM »

I think its that most people think this is like email.
Send it, get a reply, and your done.
Or maybe they dont know how to get back to their questions?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #18 on:** April 20, 2007, 05:14:34 PM »

It's not that tough.

Dark Blade · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2007, 05:31:44 PM »

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I think its that most people think this is like email.
Send it, get a reply, and your done.
Or maybe they dont know how to get back to their questions?

The OP could set the options for the topic so that they are emailled when a reply is posted, so that they would actually COME BACK and respond to the questions that they are asked.

Zylstra · « **Reply #20 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:19:26 PM »

The question is: knowing how

A lot of people dont understand how the wonderful world of forums operates at all.
When I was ----- (thinking) 14 and signed up to this forum, it was the first ever forum I visited. (You see, it was only a few years before that that i discovered that processors could go faster than 900MHz)
I only joined because the first attempt at resolving my issue (which happened to be that the hard drive I was using just went bad. Thats what you get from using computers that go 4MHz with 80MB HDD from the late 80's) (It was a ComputerHope email. It got lost

)

Dark Blade · « **Reply #21 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:22:08 PM »

The reason I joined this forum was because I wated to learn how to use Command Prompt. But now I like it here, so I might stay for a while!

Anyway Zylstra, how long have you been with this forum?

Zylstra · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:31:55 PM »

Quote from: Dark Blade on April 20, 2007, 06:22:08 PM

The reason I joined this forum was because I wated to learn how to use Command Prompt. But now I like it here, so I might stay for a while!

Anyway Zylstra, how long have you been with this forum?

January 08, 2006
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=14292

I didnt come back for a while, but then, I discovered that answering problems etc. was really fun.

Dark Blade · « **Reply #23 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:32:44 PM »

It's adictive... I can't do my homework now...

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