I have Windows XP Profession edition when I try to boot I get the hp screen and then I get a blank screen with no cursor. The only way for me to boot into xp is if i boot from the cd by pressing F1. I got a message before that which said "Warning: Please back up the hard disk and replace the hard disk" "Hard drive failure may be imminient." I tried reformatting but it didnt help but the message disappeared. Is there anyway for me to boot normally? Edit/Delete Message oneohthree

Go here for the drive fitness program. Your machine is trying to tell you the hard drive is failing. Backup ASAP, then trouble shoot. http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

It sounds like the hardware monitoring is enabled within the bios. It is telling you your hard drive is or may be damaged, and is going to fail. I would suggest you listen to it. Before your drive fails totaly remove it, get another drive, hook it up and reload the OS. Than attach the old drive as a slave on the seconadry ide cable and copy across all the data that you need. I presume that the hard drive was partitioned ?? IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD X64 3500+ Wnchst Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel XFX6600 PCIX Ggbyte GT Pro Cooler Antec 380W Truepower Skyhawk Eagle

I would heed the warning and back up anything you don't want to lose immediately. You can go to the hard drive mfr. website and download a diagnostic program to check the drive out completely before you decide whether replace it or not.