error loading operating system problem
Hi all. After my computer getting slower and slower and decided to re install windows. xp pro on a 40gig wd by the way. i did so about a week ago. But today all of a sudden my screen went off, came back on again distorted, then came back on fine. After this my whole system was laggingthe mouse draggin across the screen e.t.c. i rrebooted but it was the same each time.
So i decided to reinstall windows, i began the installastion everything going okay,formatted the drive okay, finished the first part of installation and the computer rebooted. But after coming back on when it noramlly boots form the harddrive for the firt time it didnt. i got this
error loading operating system
and thats it so i tried installing on another harddrive and got the same thing happening.
any ideas? i also tried installing with my friends xp home boot disk but i got the saem thing
Hi all. After my computer getting slower and slower and decided to re install windows. xp pro on a 40gig wd by the way. i did so about a week ago. But today all of a sudden my screen went off, came back on again distorted, then came back on fine. After this my whole system was laggingthe mouse draggin across the screen e.t.c. i rrebooted but it was the same each time.
So i decided to reinstall windows, i began the installastion everything going okay,formatted the drive okay, finished the first part of installation and the computer rebooted. But after coming back on when it noramlly boots form the harddrive for the firt time it didnt. i got this
error loading operating system
and thats it so i tried installing on another harddrive and got the same thing happening.
any ideas? i also tried installing with my friends xp home boot disk but i got the saem thing
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