My laptop won't start up...

lukaking032

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Hello, i have one old lap top, it's really ancient, 512mb ram, but anyway, i have xp for it, and it worked good for some time, and now when i start it up i get a blue "Windows is starting up" screen, and it's like frozen there, also that thing on the cable for power is hot. What should i do?
 

verma1891

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Try startup repair or reinstall windows. Since the window loading screen comes up, its likely not a hardware issue. HDD may be causing the problem but that is a farsight. Try reinstalling your operating system.
 

lukaking032

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I had to change the hdd 2 months ago because the windows wouldn't start up also, but it didn't even want to load windows, it was at the black screen with the little blinking line
 

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Exactly, hardware problem here is a very slight possibility. go on with a fresh install of windows.