XP ( changed from Vista when I purchased in Feb 08)
MS 163a laptop distributed by ZT Systems
Western Digital SATA WD2500BEVS

Problem: When I boot the computer it goes to the first screen with the ZT and intel logos and sits there. The hard drive light turns off although it sounds like it is spinning. I cannot get into any boot screens with or without CDs.

This happened when I first changed to XP in Feb. How did I fix before? No idea, it just started randomly working again after trying to get a work order from ZT.

It could possibly be the drivers. The only recent things I have done is a defrag.