Black Screen blinking cursor left hand cornor

[kimber357]

I believe I got a virus it was stuck on a warning screen. I tried to reinstall window XP now it goes to choose Window XP Professional or Home on Black screen white lettering. It will not let you choose XP is highlighted. Then it goes to black screen with cursor in left hand cornor. Can you please help. Thank You

 

[speed_hog]

kimber357, welcome to TSG
try reinstalling again and use these instructions:
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/OSguides.htm#Windows_XP_Professional
and when you get to the blue screen where it lets you delete the partition you need to delete them all first, then choose setup windows, and it will create a new clean partition for you.