Xp will not boot up unless i totally shut it down

[st]

I have an xp machine that if i reboot it it will only boot up to the part
where the xp bar goes left to right and it will not go past that, but if i
totally shut the machine down then it will boot up fine? anyone have any ideas

 

[Gerry]

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
st wrote:
> I have an xp machine that if i reboot it it will only boot up to the
> part where the xp bar goes left to right and it will not go past
> that, but if i totally shut the machine down then it will boot up
> fine? anyone have any ideas

 

[st]

I am seeing a lot of these messages
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout period.

"Gerry" wrote:

> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
> a previous boot.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
> are important.
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
> Event Viewer.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> st wrote:
> > I have an xp machine that if i reboot it it will only boot up to the
> > part where the xp bar goes left to right and it will not go past
> > that, but if i totally shut the machine down then it will boot up
> > fine? anyone have any ideas
>
>
>

 

[st]

I am seeing a lot of these messages
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout period.
How do i know if my cdrom or hard drive is on port 1
"Gerry" wrote:

> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
> a previous boot.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
> are important.
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
> Event Viewer.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> st wrote:
> > I have an xp machine that if i reboot it it will only boot up to the
> > part where the xp bar goes left to right and it will not go past
> > that, but if i totally shut the machine down then it will boot up
> > fine? anyone have any ideas
>
>
>

 

[Gerry]

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full surface
scan with HD Tune.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

st wrote:
> I am seeing a lot of these messages
> The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout
> period. How do i know if my cdrom or hard drive is on port 1
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
>> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
>> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear
>> in a previous boot.
>>
>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
>> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
>> are important.
>>
>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
>> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
>> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
>> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
>> from Event Viewer.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> st wrote:
>>> I have an xp machine that if i reboot it it will only boot up to the
>>> part where the xp bar goes left to right and it will not go past
>>> that, but if i totally shut the machine down then it will boot up
>>> fine? anyone have any ideas