Win 98 SE Hangs During Boot Up

[ed r]

Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search which
reports all is ok.
Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of
the screen.

From the startup menu:
I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load
and from that point on everything else failed to load also.

Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?

 

[glee]

Your hidden Marlett font is either missing or damaged. I don't know that replacing
it will solve all the other failures, but it is a first step.

Read here for how to extract a new copy of the font:

Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font:
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=134861

HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129605

If you still fail to start Windows after replacing the font, post back with a list
of all other failures in the bootlog.

How exactly did you "run AVG from the desktop" if Windows is not starting???
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm


"ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search which
> reports all is ok.
> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of the
> screen.
>
> From the startup menu:
> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load and
> from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>
> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
>
>

 

[glee]

Oops! Clicked Send too soon....here's the complete info I meant to send:

Your hidden Marlett font is either missing or damaged. I don't know that replacing
it will solve all the other failures, but it is a first step.

Read here for how to extract a new copy of the font:

Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font:
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=134861

HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129605

Using SFC to extract a file:
http://www.rickrogers.org/sfc.htm#1pp
http://www.rickrogers.org/sfc.htm#2pp

In Win98 First Edition, the Marlett.ttf font is located in the Win98_47.cab file on
the Windows CD
In Win98 Second Edition (98SE), it is loacted in the Win98_53.cab file on the
Windows CD

If you still fail to start Windows after replacing the font, post back with a list
of all other failures in the bootlog.

How exactly did you "run AVG from the desktop" if Windows is not starting???
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm


> "ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search which
>> reports all is ok.
>> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of the
>> screen.
>>
>> From the startup menu:
>> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
>> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
>> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load and
>> from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>>
>> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
>>
>>
>

 

[philo]

"ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search
which
> reports all is ok.
> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of
> the screen.
>
> From the startup menu:
> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load
> and from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>
> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
>
>

Probably not...
that's usually a symptom of other problems such as a video driver problem...
or possibly RAM

 

[glee]

"ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search which
> reports all is ok.
> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of the
> screen.
>
> From the startup menu:
> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load and
> from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>
> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?

If you still have the same problems after replacing the Marlett font per my earlier
reply, try disabling the AVG boot scan. This can be done from within AVG's
settings, or by disabling the processing of the autoexec.bat file at startup.

How long have you had AVG installed?
Did you have, or do you currently have, any other anti-virus programs installed?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

 

[EDDIE R]

"glee" wrote:
> Your hidden Marlett font is either missing or damaged. I don't know that replacing
> it will solve all the other failures, but it is a first step.
>
Thanks for the reply. I'll try replacing the file.

> Read here for how to extract a new copy of the font:
>
> Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font:
> http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=134861
>
> HOW TO: Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129605
>
> If you still fail to start Windows after replacing the font, post back with a list
> of all other failures in the bootlog.
> aaaaaa

> How exactly did you "run AVG from the desktop" if Windows is not starting???

I can still access and run programs via the Startup Menu Safe Mode.
--

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.net/
> http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search which
> > reports all is ok.
> > Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of the
> > screen.
> >
> > From the startup menu:
> > I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
> > I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
> > I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load and
> > from that point on everything else failed to load also.
> >
> > Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
> >
> >
>
>

 

[ed r]

"ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search
> which reports all is ok.
> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of
> the screen.
>
> From the startup menu:
> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to load
> and from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>
> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
>
>

 

[ed r]

Re: Win 98 SE Hangs During Boot Up (Problem Resolved)

"ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> "ed r" <None@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:OxOWbuqRIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Once bootup progresses through Post, Autoexec and runs AVG boot search
>> which reports all is ok.
>> Boot up then hangs with a blinking cursor in the top right hand corner of
>> the screen.
>>
>> From the startup menu:
>> I ran the system startup troubleshooter to no avail.
>> I ran Registry Restore, none of the 5 options helped.
>> I then ran AVG from the desktop and got a message stating xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Finally I ran a logged bootup and found the Marlet font had failed to
>> load and from that point on everything else failed to load also.
>>
>> Will replacing the Marlet font file resolve the problem?
>>
>>
>
>


Sorry about that, I fat fingured a key combo that sent this post before I
typed my response,
I forgot to enter the AVG messages in my first post. Had I entered that
info I'm sure it would have helped solve the problem. The messages were:
1..Partition Table [MBR]
2. Boot sector of Disk Reading Errors.

When I reread that info a dim light bulb went on in my head. Months ago I
had purchased Steve Gibsons SpinRite 6.0 (WWW.GRC.COM) figuring in might
come in handy some day. What better test than to fix a Boot Sector reading
problem. So in went the SpinRite floppy, selected level 4 then start. Having
read that level 4 takes forever and a day to do whatever it is that it does
I went to bed. Next day I went back,SpinRite was done. After 7 hours it had
found and recovered data from 3 bad sectors. Crossing my fingers I booted
the PC. Ha! It worked!

Now I'm left wondering, When Googling on (Loadfailed=) for help info with
this problem I saw dozens if not hundreds of posts. Could my solution work
for them?