Looking for help, suggestions... (URGENT)

[DC9884]

First, thanks in advance to anyone who helps me out. I consider myself pretty good with computers but I can't solve my problem: A few weeks ago i lighting storm fried my HD. It was starting up the comp when the power went out. I bought a new HD, and installed Windows XP Home on it wihtout a hitch. Now, whenever I start up the comp, it freezes at the welcome screen. I started it once in safe mode by accident (i dont know what i did) and it started fine (for safe mode at least). Any help? I'd like to get up and running before HL2....

Athalon XP 1800
Asus Nforce motherboard A7N266-E
512 RAM
Radeon 9700 PRO OEM
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
56k Modem
4 Port PCI usb hub
Linksys 802.11B wireless desktop adapter

 

[bosox188]

Reinstall Windows XP is all I can think of.

 

[DC9884]

Does anyone know the difference between safe mode and normal start up so I could try to investigate the problem a bit? Thanks in advance.

 

[Fil]

It could be that some of your other hardware is fried. Safe mode doesn't use hardware when u go into it, so it doesnt use your hardware so that u can fix problems that hardware might be experiencing. So something else could be fried in your com of just try reinstalling windows again.

 

[DC9884]

Is there any software or physical indication of which it might be?

 

[DC9884]

I know you guys can do better than this..... Please don't make me dismantle my computer part by part to see whats not working..... ubless thats what you think i should do...

 

[m3ta1head]

www.techsupportforums.com

they should help you out