I'M NOT ABLE TO LOG ON MY COMPUTER. WHEN I TURN IT ON, I GET A BLUE SCREN WITH THE WINDOW XP LOGO ON THE RIGHT UPPER CORNER AND THIS MESSAGE -
CHECKING FILE SYSTEM ON C:
THE TYPE OF THE FILE SYSTEM IS NTFS.
THE VOLUME IS DIRTY. CHKDSK IS VERIFYING FILES...
AND IT CONTINUES TO THE NEXT LINE TO CHECK THE INDEXES THEN IT STOPS. NO ACTION PAST THE INDEXES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANK YOU.Please turn off the CAPS key.

That message may indicate a problem with:
A. The hard drive.
B. The power supply.
C. The main board (MOTHERBOARD)

How old is the computer?
What brand and model?
Is it a laptop? Did you drop it?
Have you recently made any changes to it?

Boot to the recovery console and run chkdsk /rMy computer is a Dell 8300 series that is (I'm embarrassed to say) 10 years to the day. I know the thing is too old, but I'm on a fixed income and can't purchase one at his moment. I"d appreciate any suggestions. Thank you all.Find the service tag on the MACHINE., If you don 't know it. Thee may be sure suggestions on the Dell site sabot maintenance and troubleshooting that model.

Does the compute have Windows 2000 on it?
A OEM Dell 2000 CD is under $10 on Amazon. This can be used to repair the system.

Or is it Windows XP? If so, it would be almost ten years to the day. It was August 24, 201 when XP was released.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP

IMHO, there is little reason to not use Windows 2000 on such an old computer. But, a few new programs require XP or better.Hello,

I have windows xp and do not access to windows 2000. I'm at the point of trashing the whole thing. But I thank you for the suggestions. Peace out.If your PC has a sticker on it that say sit was licensed for XP,m you can use a Dell CD install disk, even the sp3 version.

Legitimate Dell XP CD is available from Dell and some resellers. About $25 dollars. You already have the license, you are buying the media and shipping and handling costs.

Check Dell.com and use hour service tag number.