when i turn my pc on i get a quick black screen with phrases something to the
effect off pick windows xp recovery and something else. then it boots up
..what could this be

pretty much normal.

if you try to change you may not be able to boot up computer.

depends on your comfort zone and computer savvy.

"rsnt9" wrote:

> ok i went back to to reboot to see what exactly it said. it is a black screen
> that you can chose either windows xp home edition or windows recovery
> console. it switches on its own before i can chose
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
> > could be normal?
> >
> > not enough info!!
> >
> > "rsnt9" wrote:
> >
> > > when i turn my pc on i get a quick black screen with phrases something to the
> > > effect off pick windows xp recovery and something else. then it boots up
> > > .what could this be

the dreaded black screen....


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"logan" wrote:

> the dreaded black screen....
>
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>
>
>

rsnt9,

your pc had winxp recovery console installed on it and that's why it appears
as an option when you turn on or reboot your pc. as you know, doing nothing
means it boots into winxp home. if you boot into the recovery console you
will need to know how to operate in a command line interface (no gui) and use
basic dos commands.

"Dixonian69" wrote:

> pretty much normal.
>
> if you try to change you may not be able to boot up computer.
>
> depends on your comfort zone and computer savvy.
>
> "rsnt9" wrote:
>
> > ok i went back to to reboot to see what exactly it said. it is a black screen
> > that you can chose either windows xp home edition or windows recovery
> > console. it switches on its own before i can chose
> >
> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> >
> > > could be normal?
> > >
> > > not enough info!!
> > >
> > > "rsnt9" wrote:
> > >
> > > > when i turn my pc on i get a quick black screen with phrases something to the
> > > > effect off pick windows xp recovery and something else. then it boots up
> > > > .what could this be