Unusual Problem

metalic · 12-06-2004, 02:36 PM

I have recently gotten a IBM ThinkPad 670xl and everytime i start it up it goes through bios and then stops at a black screen with a white blinking under score it doesnt go to windows what so ever. I tryed putting in windows 95 and reinstalling it but it doesnt do anything i cant even reformat either.

greyknight17 · 12-08-2004, 10:31 AM

Welcome to TSF.

If this is what I think it is (

), it should be simple to fix.

Get a Windows 98 bootdisk and boot from it. Load it without the cdrom support. Then at the prompt type in fdisk /mbr and hit your Enter key. Do a ctrl+alt+del to restart and take out your floppy. See if that will fix it.

metalic · 12-10-2004, 06:34 AM

Are you sure its windows 98? becuase i have windows 95.

elf · 12-10-2004, 07:32 AM

I think the bootdisk will boot, no matter what operating system you use. I use a 98 bootdisk with WindowsXP because it has DOS on it.

**Ha-y-n** · 12-10-2004, 11:31 AM

hey guys,

also if you have a ethernet card in it try and taking it out then booting up. I've seen it sometimes the ether card halting the startup at the black screen with the white cursor, after i took the card out it booted. It might or might not work. good luck

metalic · 12-10-2004, 01:04 PM

thats the thing i cant get to prompt

greyknight17 · 12-11-2004, 08:06 AM

Did you change the bios to boot from the floppy drive first?

12-06-2004, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
metalic Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 12 OS: Xp Pro	Unusual Problem I have recently gotten a IBM ThinkPad 670xl and everytime i start it up it goes through bios and then stops at a black screen with a white blinking under score it doesnt go to windows what so ever. I tryed putting in windows 95 and reinstalling it but it doesnt do anything i cant even reformat either.

12-08-2004, 10:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
greyknight17 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York Posts: 14,331 OS: Windows 98 & Windows XP Home/Pro My System	Welcome to TSF. If this is what I think it is ( ), it should be simple to fix. Get a Windows 98 bootdisk and boot from it. Load it without the cdrom support. Then at the prompt type in fdisk /mbr and hit your Enter key. Do a ctrl+alt+del to restart and take out your floppy. See if that will fix it. __________________ Please do NOT PM me. Post whatever questions you may have in the forum and we will take a look at it when we get to it. If you have waited for more than 3 days, you may then and ONLY then PM me for assistance. I will take a look at it. Adaware :: CWShredder :: HijackThis :: Panda ActiveScan :: Spybot S&D Anti-Spyware Tutorial :: Spyware Prevention Tools

12-10-2004, 07:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,038 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	I think the bootdisk will boot, no matter what operating system you use. I use a 98 bootdisk with WindowsXP because it has DOS on it. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

12-10-2004, 11:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ha-y-n 12-0, GO WARRIORS! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 682 OS: WinXP Pro	hey guys, also if you have a ethernet card in it try and taking it out then booting up. I've seen it sometimes the ether card halting the startup at the black screen with the white cursor, after i took the card out it booted. It might or might not work. good luck __________________ bRiAn Harddrive Diagnostic Tools, MemTest86

12-11-2004, 08:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
greyknight17 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York Posts: 14,331 OS: Windows 98 & Windows XP Home/Pro My System	Did you change the bios to boot from the floppy drive first? __________________ Please do NOT PM me. Post whatever questions you may have in the forum and we will take a look at it when we get to it. If you have waited for more than 3 days, you may then and ONLY then PM me for assistance. I will take a look at it. Adaware :: CWShredder :: HijackThis :: Panda ActiveScan :: Spybot S&D Anti-Spyware Tutorial :: Spyware Prevention Tools

12-10-2004, 06:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
metalic Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 12 OS: Xp Pro	Are you sure its windows 98? becuase i have windows 95.

12-10-2004, 01:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
metalic Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 12 OS: Xp Pro	thats the thing i cant get to prompt