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My Inspiron 8500 runing Microsoft XP which was working good until now,
behaves odd after a recent reboot. We can see the BIOS bootup, the operating
system logo flash for a couple of secnods and then everything turns blank.
The hard disk continues to be active, so is the network card.

What could be happening? How do I proceed to troubleshoot?

You can try a Startup Repair

Windows Vista Help What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...4be5e1033.mspx
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"Rammohan" <Rammohan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My Inspiron 8500 runing Microsoft XP which was working good until now,
> behaves odd after a recent reboot. We can see the BIOS bootup, the
> operating
> system logo flash for a couple of secnods and then everything turns blank.
> The hard disk continues to be active, so is the network card.
>
> What could be happening? How do I proceed to troubleshoot?

315341 - How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation or Repair) of
Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315341

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"Rammohan" <Rammohan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAA4B913-2378-4770-9746-47673EBFB881@microsoft.com...
> My Inspiron 8500 runing Microsoft XP which was working good until now,
> behaves odd after a recent reboot. We can see the BIOS bootup, the
> operating
> system logo flash for a couple of secnods and then everything turns blank.
> The hard disk continues to be active, so is the network card.
>
> What could be happening? How do I proceed to troubleshoot?