Re: Windows will not boot. help ASAP

Hi,

Which is one reason why you should check the ram. This is done by booting to
a floppy disk and running the memtest program rather than booting to the
Windows installation.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ultimademonxi" <ultimademonxi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E5990A96-7FA1-4155-B8F0-AD356B33DD48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I can not even boot up...that is my issue. Everytime it goes to boot up, it
> will blink and restart the booting process...Same when I try to format.
>
> "bob" wrote:
>
>> Yer test your ram for a start using this program
>> http://www.memtest86.com/.
>> If your ram is fine then test other components.
>>
>> "ultimademonxi" <ultimademonxi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:E989771F-D714-4A57-8F7C-1377DCFF013F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am having a major issue. My Windows will not boot. I tried as much as
>> > I
>> > could in the setup menu to get it to boot up so I could fix what was
>> > wrong...No dice. I can not even boot it up in Safe Mode. I figured that
>> > this
>> > was a problem that could be fixed by formatting my computer. No dice.
>> > The
>> > setup gets to "setup is starting up windows" Phase of the formatting,
>> > near
>> > the start, and freezes. Could ANYONE help me..I'm totally out of ideas.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Stephen S.
>>
>>
>>


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