larrylava

i thought i did answer your questions!!

what is BIOS?

it makes 1 beep , what it says when i reboot is auto config please wait and then black screen with flashing cursor, just tried F8 and same thing

yes with the installation CD when it finishes and says it going to copy filesm it reboots and black screen comes back with cursor flashing in left corner, i tried to reformatt twice and still the same, no error messages and how do a repair install and i will try that :) Thank you

no welcome screen does not come up ,it turns black right after acer screen

i think i downloaded a virus and now i have black screen with flashing cursor in left cormer when trying to start up in xp, i have tried to formate and still getting the black screen have benn trying to fix since last night and not getting anywhere do i need new hard drive or can i fix this pls help me very tired