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

On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:02:59 -0400, "Daave"
<dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"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.

I did that and it comes up ok. No problemos, which is encouraging.

If it's fine, Malke recommended booting off a Knoppix live Linux CD.

I don't believe I can burn one though. The thinking is so I can get at
the files, I gather. I'll try on my Windows 98 machine.

It
certainly won't hurt, but at this point I'd just attempt a System
Restore to a point before you started experiencing problems

System Restore hasn't been working from a normal boot for some time.
It worked ok in Safe though.

However, it wouldn't do that either earlier in this current crisis.

(if it
exists). Otherwise, just perform a repair install

Don't have the original disk, not to hand anyway. Logic would indicate
it's here somewhere. It might not be a "full" version though anyway, I
gather there's two varieties and only one has the right stuff.

(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.

I had PowerISO, so very likely that's where the unlovely sptd.sys came
from. I gather I probably also have to delete dtscsi.sys too if it's
lurking in there somewhere.

Finally, try Googling.

I did :-)

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.

Ah, well, I can't get into it any more :-( I'm wondering if I ever
had DT on there, don't think so but it's possible.

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


Thanks, I already had that one. I've been working my way through

http://tips.vlaurie.com/2006/05/23/recovery-console-for-those-without-an-xp-disk/

but got hung up on trying to burn the cd as opposed to messing with
all those floppies.

I'll try that linux thing on my 98. There's something called Puppy
that's Linux too, I think, that some repair guy I read of used a lot
to get out of troubles like this.

Thanks.

BB

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