Windows XP Home Boots midway and screen go black.

The obvious question, Has there been any damage? Take a look at this Dell procedure, it may help: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?&docid=DSN_362066&isLegacy=true

open or reinstall your windows graohics program it might be directed away from your moniter

When windows tries to fire up, does it ask you whether to boot up in safe mode or normal (would be a black and white MS DOS screen with no mouse functions)? If not, you need to reboot your computer and go into boot options. There should be a little comment line in one corner of the screen before windows loads that says something like F2 Setup F12 Boot Menu. Do you get that once it has begun trying to execute windows?

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If you have the setup disk, boot the laptop with the system disk and when you are asked select repair.

The system either was attacked by Malware or became corrupted.

The issue appears to be cosmetic if the system boots to WIndows and there are no display issues using the system. Some systems I've seen have a bit of video distortion between the BIOS splash screen and the desktop. A couple things may change that. Update the system BIOS and the video driver to the most current available

Is it possible that you have installed winxp twice? You say that you installed XP Pro sp3 was that an upgrade from xp home? if so then you will need to uninstall one or both versions of XP then install only one.. Make sure you backup any important files first though

Hi,

There can be some Win Xp files which has gone corrupt OR It can be a malware/virus.

Try formatting the Windows drive (only) using the Win XP disc.

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In Safe Mode, your monitor will not be listed as it is using a generic device driver for basic display. Go into your video settings and reset it to the lowest resolution available. Reboot the computer into Vista again and your display should be working. If you check Device Manager now, you should see your monitor listed. If it isn't, you will need to load the Vista drivers for it. You can then modify your display settings to suit your preferences.

Windows has probably become corrupted,,,try using you restore cd,,,or starting in safe mode.

Video drivers not loaded for that laptop, in safe mode reload the video drivers.