Go find the correct video driver for your machine and put it on a USB drive
or floppy. When you get to the end of POST hit the F8 key and go into safe
mode. If you have video getting into safe mode, you need to install the
video driver. Then reboot normally
"KevinDK" <KevinDK@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> i'm having the same problem it just goes to a black screen with nothing on
> it
> but the pointer is there anything i can do? i don't have the disc because
> vista came pre installed on the computer any possible fix there could be?
>
> "Marvin Hlavac" wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%237n5hljcIHA.4476@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >
>> >> * PC hardware is not an issue because if I use a different hard drive
>> >> in
>> >> the
>> >> PC, all works fine
>> >
>> > Not very clear. Maybe you have a damaged hard drive where Vista is
>> > installed.
>>
>>
>> That's true, testing it by inserting another HD doesn't test the original
>> HD.
>>
>> Not knowing any better solution I decided to do a clean install. It's a
>> pain
>> to have to install all my programs all over again.
>>
>> --
>> Marvin Hlavac
>> Laptop GPS World
>> www.laptopgpsworld.com
>>
>>
>>