RE: XP Home SP2 will not boot past "blue" startup screen...

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Try these
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314103

Have you got any error message?

You may read this also for more information
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325011

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Regards,
Pramit Roy


"Casey" wrote:

> Good day! OK, HP laptop, just ran current antivirus/spyware/defrag checks the
> day prior. Use a firelite 60gb drive to shuttle info back/forth to work and
> a 120 gb maxtor as the backup...they are usually attached as the computer is
> used.
> --A couple of days ago there was a video driver that went haywire, but had
> booted successfully since restarting in start mode...no problems at all since.
> --Go to boot up and it goes well until the blue start up screen...then it
> just stops. Hard drive clicks if I hit "enter" or spacebar, but nothing,
> even if left alone for 2-3 hours (checking to see if a long boot). Other
> than that, fan works, hard drive sounds normal until it stops.
> -- Tried starting in SAFE mode....same thing. Got the safe mode screen and
> it stopped at the blue screen too.
> -- Moved the CD boot up to the 2d "activity", but didn't work. Didn't boot
> off of XP disk (forgot about that), but tried off the Norton Antivirus disk
> and it didn't work.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Any help appreciated.
> Casey
>
>
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