Desktop wont startup black screen

i have a hp desktop computer. It is vista ultimate. Quad core processor. 64 bit. The computer won't startup. I checked my monitors and they all work correctly. What do I do? I understand there is a windows vista installed on the hard drive. I have reinstalled from the desktop before. However I can't this time due my computer not working correctly. I don't want to do recovery disk because I have tried that before on another computer brand and it did not install, it kept freezing.

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