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Cheers, Will try tomorrow when I have some time. R

Yes, it is keeping the time and date. Have reset the bios, re-entered correct boot sequence etc....but still no joy I'm afraid. Also tried re-sitting the RAM :( Did you read that link ? What's next on the to-do-list ? Thanks again R

Forgive my ignorance...but resitting RAM - is that literally taking it out and putting it back in? I did find this: Windows XP 2 minute black screen at boot - [H]ard|Forum but it's talking about things I've never heard of !

Ok, so I took a video and slowed it down..... What looked like an oldschool batch file running was actually the detection and allocation of the hard drives, and a search for USB mass storage devices. Not an error to be seen..... The last thing that appeared before the screen want to black with the flashing cursor was "Checking NVRAM".....Is this the culprit ? Thanks Again R

Hi, Thanks again. I unticked the "Automatically Restart" box, and it made no difference. Looking closely at it again it reminds of me when the autoexec used to run back in pre-windows days. Like a some dos prompt commands.... I'm going to try and video it and then slow down the playback. Thanks R

It boots fine - always has. Just there is this strange delay. I've tried the suggested fix above and it's still the same. Installed SP3 today also. Thanks

Firstly, I apologise if this has been covered before but I couldn't find it here, or by typing it in google. Secondly, my computer: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS 512mb Memory: 2048MB RAM (off the top of my head, more can be supplied if required) Finally, the issue. After the post screen, but before Windows boots I get a flashing command prompt for about a minute. This happens on every boot, and has happened since I first got computer. Admittedly this was some time ago, and only recently has it started to annoy me. The computer was a home build. Just before the screen goes to black with the command prompt on it, at the end of the post screen an error seems to appear but it's so quick I can't see it. Is there a way of slowing it down ? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks R