Boot Problems

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David Harrison

Hi there

I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
before actually getting through to windows.

I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
struggling what to do from there.

What command do i put in? Is it Bootfix?

Any Help

Thanks

David
 
David Harrison wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
> before actually getting through to windows.
>
> I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
> struggling what to do from there.
>
> What command do i put in? Is it Bootfix?

You need to provide more information. When exactly does the boot process
stop? Get any error messages? If yes, quote them exactly. What are the
computer specs and the recent history of the machine? What changed
between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

There is no point in flailing around such as messing with your boot
files. Troubleshoot methodically so you can apply the correct fix.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
I am having the same problem with an ACER, nearly identically, which is that
booting Windows XP hangs for a very long time with the ACER splash screen and
does not if I cut power and immediately reboot, or will just fail to boot
entirely the first time but not the second.

I also occasionally get a hardware related failure to start to boot lately,
which requires that I cut the power long enough to reset after which time the
computer boots as per above.

There are no error messages coming up at all, so to date I have no
information about what is causing this.

"Malke" wrote:

> David Harrison wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
> > before actually getting through to windows.
> >
> > I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
> > struggling what to do from there.
> >
> > What command do i put in? Is it Bootfix?
>
> You need to provide more information. When exactly does the boot process
> stop? Get any error messages? If yes, quote them exactly. What are the
> computer specs and the recent history of the machine? What changed
> between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> There is no point in flailing around such as messing with your boot
> files. Troubleshoot methodically so you can apply the correct fix.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
 
Hi Malke

Thank you for your prompt response.

No error messages. The system decides to restart when i press "start windows
normally" or "Safe Mode".

The machines motherboard did brake and i have replaced this. Everything is
working on that basis (tried a different HDD) except entering windows.

System is 2.2Ghz, 60Gig HDD, 256MB DDR RAM.

Do you require any other information?

"Malke" wrote:

> David Harrison wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
> > before actually getting through to windows.
> >
> > I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
> > struggling what to do from there.
> >
> > What command do i put in? Is it Bootfix?
>
> You need to provide more information. When exactly does the boot process
> stop? Get any error messages? If yes, quote them exactly. What are the
> computer specs and the recent history of the machine? What changed
> between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> There is no point in flailing around such as messing with your boot
> files. Troubleshoot methodically so you can apply the correct fix.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
 
David Harrison wrote:
> Hi Malke
>
> Thank you for your prompt response.
>
> No error messages. The system decides to restart when i press "start windows
> normally" or "Safe Mode".
>
> The machines motherboard did brake and i have replaced this. Everything is
> working on that basis (tried a different HDD) except entering windows.
>
> System is 2.2Ghz, 60Gig HDD, 256MB DDR RAM.

After you replaced the motherboard, did you do a Repair Install of
Windows? At the very least, you need to do this. Sometimes the hardware
is so different that you need to do a clean install.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html - for changing motherboard


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
"David Harrison" <DavidHarrison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4E14674-D5F8-4A8C-829C-5DE9886F8F23@microsoft.com...
> Hi there
>
> I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
> before actually getting through to windows.
>
> I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
> struggling what to do from there.
>
> What command do i put in? Is it Bootfix?
>
> Any Help
>
> Thanks
>
> David

You can't do a repair installation from the recovery console. Optional
Repair installation is in the next screen with the normal XP installation.
Dave
 
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