Non starting system

Hypec1

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Nov 3, 2013
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Hi, my old Xp system is not working. When turned on it beeps then runs the american megatrends info (bios I think) then just a black screen with the curser at the top left (flashing). any ideas?

Dam, just tried hitting F8 on start up, somehow it was trying to boot from an old iomega zip drive. Changed to hard drive and its up and running gain. talk about feeling a fool.