Re: Boot Problems - Stuck On Windows XP Boot Screen

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Mark,

How about adding /SOS switch to your ARC path in boot.ini. At least you may see where it hangs.
Also, adding /BootLog switch can help more.

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Regards,
KM

> Hi All,
>
> I have a machine which is currently running Windows XP with no trouble at
> all and I would like to build an image of XPE to run on this machine.
> However, I seem to be having trouble getting the resulting image to boot
> properly. I have done (just about everything I can think of, but most
> recently) the following:
>
> - Installed Windows XP
> - Installed a second drive and configured it properly.
> - Run TAP.EXE to generate the devices file.
> - Used Component Designer to generate a component for the devices on this
> machine (as per the tutorial)
> - Used Target Designer to build an image for the machine based on the
> devices component and some others as identified in the tutorial.
> (All of the above complete with no errors.)
>
> I have gone through this process on two other machines with success.
> However, on this third machine the resulting image simply sits on the Windows
> XP boot screen and never launches the FBA. The same results happen no matter
> how I build the image - i.e. targeted at C:\ withe ARC path
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS or as my second drive D:\ with
> ARC path multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what I might be missing/doing wrong? Is
> there any way to log what is happening during the boot sequence to see what
> is happening (or not happening)?
>
> I am about to go insane, so any help or suggestions would be GREATLY
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>


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