Black screen on startup

[smithster71]

getting black screen only on startup... not possible to do anything using a toshiba A100 laptop with windows XP

[Goku]

Hello and Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help Smithers. :)

 

Firstly, please do not continue in other people's thread as no two computers are exact same. Therefore what worked for one user might not work for you. Also, it adds to the confusion. I have created a thread for your problem here, so please continue in this one. Thank you for your co-operation. :)

 

getting black screen only on startup... not possible to do anything using a toshiba A100 laptop with windows XP

This is a very common problem with Windows XP. Please read the article below and try the troubleshooting measures suggested.

 

Computer stops responding with a black screen when you start Windows XP

 

Let us know if it helps or not. Good luck.

 

-- Goku