Hi,

Finished staging WinXP onto a HP DC7100 SFF and got it working perfectly. Yesterday I was fiddling with the display settings and switched the hibernation to turn off the hard drive after 2 hours.

When I came back to it today the power light was on but wouldnt boot back up, I tried moving the mouse and hitting keys but nothing helps.

I have unplugged it totally and tried again but when I boot up the HD sounds like it spins once and nothing happens. USB mouse doesnt light up and neither does the keyboard.

Can anybody help?

There is a MSKB article but I dont see how it helps if you cant get in.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815304&Product=winxp

I would at least try booting to safe mode or possibly boot to the installation CD and try a repair installation. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Maybe try resetting the CMOS. See if that helps. If not, try disconnecting the hard drive and see if you can at least get into the BIOS.