I have an HP and the running program is Windows Vista Business.

I have been having problems with it for the longest, so I tried to do a CHECK disk and correct errors on it to see it that would be the fix.

So the computer RESTARTED and now it's only showing

Checking file on system C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.

It is just frozen there, I've restarted and retried it several times and have been quite patient with this.

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The problem I have been having (let me see if I can EXPLAIN)

It's been going on for a while, when I shut down the computer and turn it back on I get a black screen no lights on the mouse or on keyboard. Then I have to hit the power button to shut it off, then when I restart it, it shows the OPTION to start in safe mode etc, but when I hit start windown normally it usually goes black. I've been told to unplug the computer and clear out all it's power by hitting the power button continuiously, which seems to work but it does take a few times to get it going.

So today I decided to try the check disk thingy hoping it would fix that problem and this is what I got.

There are no lights on the keyboard or mouse.

I would really just like to get out of check disk mode and prefer to just have the computer the way it was instead of this.

Ps. I am a laymen when it comes to computers so please bare with me

Thanks for any HELP in advance. When does it go black? Right when it begins to load Windows? Do you see the HP/BIOS screen at the beginning? Does it give you a POST beep (single beep when turned on)?

Assuming you are seeing the POST screen and getting the beep, it sounds like either a failing hard drive or corrupt OS.

The first thing you should probably try is downloading the drive testing software from the hard drive manufacturer.

If that comes up clean, I would put the drive in another computer and copy whatever files you need to keep off of it, then restore the system to factory condition.

If the problem persists after that, it could point to a deeper issue, but let's start with those things.