Flickering "_" on my 120GB XP BRICKED?

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  1. pommy

    pommy

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    I've been looking at this forum and being on my 3rd Aspire One in as many weeks - I'd like to get this one working.

    I get the Acer splash screen and then to a flashing "_" and that's where it stays.

    The HDD light is constantly flashing.

    I have tried to boot from USB ad I get a blue screen with Bart PE...

    There's a GO button in the corner.

    Pressing it gives me:

    Programs>Accessories>Wordpad/Calc/Paint
    System Tools>Disk Copy (floppy)
    A43 File Management Util
    Startup
    Bart Stuff Test
    Remote Desktop Connection
    Drive Snapshot
    System>Network>
    Storage>Check Disk/Disk Part/Ramdisk is at drive b:
    Display>Screen resolution
    Mouse
    Date and time
    Accessibility Options
    Task Manager
    Nu2Menu>Edit Menu/Reload menu/Hide/show
    Keyboard layout
    Bart Installer v2

    Command Prompt (CMD)

    Run...
    About>OS Windows 5.1 SP0.0 Build 2600
    Shut Down

    Any ideas on what to do from here?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    pommy, Sep 8, 2008
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    Looks like your OS got messed up, try reinstalling XP off a USB drive. Google for it.
     
    evi1d33d, Sep 8, 2008
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    Thanks for the reply - i've been trying to that for days now.

    I can boot with BartPE via USB but can't finda working USB bootable XP??
     
    pommy, Sep 8, 2008
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