Re: Windows XP startup

'Sailor' wrote, in part:
| I recently installed XP Home upgrading from W98SE. Ever since, I'm unable
to
| start up completely to the desktop.
..
..
| BTW, my computer is a whitebox one, 800mhz, 5years old. I flashed the
| AMIBIOS to the latest version the other day to see if that would work.
Nada.
| As I didn't want to carry a huge registry over from 98, I saved the
documents
| I wanted and did a clean install for XP. Now I wish maybe I hadn't!
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Hardware problem. Possibly Windows XP doesn't support some hardware on the
motherboard. Also, a 800 MHz CPU is VERY marginal for Windows XP. How much
RAM is installed and what is the free capacity of the hard drive.

Phil Weldon

"Sailor" <Sailor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I recently installed XP Home upgrading from W98SE. Ever since, I'm unable
to
| start up completely to the desktop. When the XP start screen comes up with
| the progress "dots" crossing the screen, they hang and the start up stops.
I
| have found that the only way to get a complete start up is to press the
reset
| button, wait 2 seconds, then press the power button to shut off the
computer.
| Wait a few more seconds and press the power button. From the text screen
that
| comes up, I let it do a "normal" start. It then does a complete start up.
| (Yes, I can start in Safe Mode). I have noticed that if I wait for several
| minutes before I restart that it hangs again. That is, it seems as if the
| start will be complete if the computer is "warm". It won't start if it is
| "cold".
| I have tried everything I can think of like removing practically all
of
| my hardware like webcam, printer, scanner, etc. and uninstalling all of my
| miscellaneous programs like antivirus, anti-adware, etc. I've checked
| compatibility of all of the above on Windows compatibility lists. I've
tried
| system restore but that doesn't work because it just goes back to the same
| condition. I've reinstalled XP. I've even checked the CMOS battery and
it's
| good. Although I can continue to start using the above mentioned method,
it
| is a pain and I'd sure like to find out what's causing the problem. Is it
a
| "boot" file problem? Any help will be muuuuuch appreciated.
| BTW, my computer is a whitebox one, 800mhz, 5years old. I flashed the
| AMIBIOS to the latest version the other day to see if that would work.
Nada.
| As I didn't want to carry a huge registry over from 98, I saved the
documents
| I wanted and did a clean install for XP. Now I wish maybe I hadn't!


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