Re: hanging on boot up

From: Matija Hrovat, Avtenta.Si (matija.hrovat_at_avtenta.si-spam)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:46:19 +0200

What happens when you try booting into safe mode
(http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315222) ?
If it stopped at Agp440 as described in the article: KB324764, where does it
stop after bootinf into the Safe Mode ? 

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"danny" <jazzie129uk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:59ac01c4748b$6ca55ff0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I have an HP Pavilion ze5500 laptop that came with OEM
> installed XP Home with Service Pack 1.  It has no further
> patches as I don't currently have an internet connection
> installed on it.
>
> The laptop has a repeated problem with hanging on boot up -
>  it gets as far as the Windows XP splash screen and then
> just sits there.  Due to the lack of an internet
> connection, it has never been connected to the web and the
> one time I have used a floppy disc from another machine
> I'm certain it was clean (so I don't think this is down to
> a virus).
>
> I have the Windows CD from the manufacturer and have run
> the repair console, both disabling the Agp440.sys service
> (as suggested in KB324764) and running FIXMBR (as
> suggested in KB314503), but the laptop still refuses to
> boot.
>
> Does anyone have any other suggestions for fixing before I
> reinstall the operating system, and is there any way of
> stopping this happening again or am I stuck with having to
> reinstall every few months?
>
> Thanks
>
> Danny

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