Re: can't boot, stalls at opening splash screen

[chuckcar <chuck@xxxxxxx>]

RWM <RWMunchkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:7b71223e-aa5a-4dda-ba3b-8591340a773c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 

> I have a Dell running Win XP.  It hangs right away at the opening
> splash screen.  The screen says hit F2 for setup and F12 for boot
> options but I can't do either one.  It just hangs at this point.
> 
> Bad news is I can not find my original Windows disk that came with the
> machine.

Remove the keyboard when the computer's off plug it into the plug
matching the colour, plug it in again and see if anything *else* appears
on the screen. A message was missed. 

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