Re: xp pro not booting past the logo - and that ain't all...

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"Big Bill" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 May 2008 18:49:28 -0700, Malke <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

1. Test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility downloaded from the
drive
mftr.

That'd be Maxtor in this instance, this is a Maxtor Sata drive.

As Malke stated, you need to rule out hardware problems. Go to this
page...

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

so you can use SeaTools to test your Maxtor SATA drive.

If it's fine, Malke recommended booting off a Knoppix live Linux CD. It
certainly won't hurt, but at this point I'd just attempt a System
Restore to a point before you started experiencing problems (if it
exists). Otherwise, just perform a repair install (Recovery Console may
be an option, too, but frankly I'm not too familiar with it). And check
your drivers, especially for your graphics card and Daemon Tools.

Finally, try Googling. For instance, I found the following at:

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/sptd-sys-and-other-sys-t9327p13.html

<quote>

When you first boot your PC you will hang so you have to restart your pc
in safe mode. (after bios boot screen rapidly press F8)
! Let the Sptd.sys driver load. ! (Dont press ESC)
In order for this to work you do need Sptd.sys dirver to be in
\Windows\System32\drivers\

Once in safe mode load daemon tools.

Next Right click the icon and go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Then
Go to Set number of devices... and set it to Disabled.

Next restart your pc. Once back in windows u can set the number of
devices back to what it was before.

I think there was some conflict with windows loading the emulated CD-ROM
drive at start up. Not the Sptd.sys file. By removing the Sptd.sys file
we were just disabling Daemon tools from working, thus disabling the
messed up drive.

</quote>

If you wind up opting for the repair install, this is a good guide:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


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