Re: won't boot troubleshoot guide
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:46:39 +0100
Thanks Steve for reporting the outcome.
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Regards.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Steve T wrote:
Ran memtest from UCB and found about 700 errors in 2 hours.
I replaced the RAM modules, had them since January 2007; with the
original units and all is well. Booted up on first try.
Will get back if problem comes back. Thank you, Steve T.
"Steve T" <stumas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The problems have been escalating. I started by being able to get
into Safe Mode and correct boot.ini. The 1st line under "boot
loader" would say WINDOWS but in the 2nd line under Operating System
it would say WINNT. Changing it so that both had WINDOWS, cured
it-temporarily. Then I could insert a CD with the Ultimate Boot Disk
program and it would just boot cleanly to my desktop or sometimes
prompt me for Start Normally. Either way, it would boot. Now I can
get to Safe Mode with Networking and the boot.ini has not changed.
All antispy programs such as Spybot, Ad-Aware, SuperAnti have been
run. My AV is by CA and is current. Multi_AV has been run without
any luck. I do not get any error codes other than the black screen
prompt that asks me to choose how to start and Safe Mode is the
still functioning. I have run the Guided Help from MS before when I
was having a problem with a certain popup across my desktop.
ZoneAlarm Pro fixed that problem by finding the offending file
seeking access to the internet. No new hardware has been installed.
Software is about the same. Don't have any particular time as to
when the problems started. PC working great, turn it off and the
next day it won't boot. I will run Guided Help again tomorrow. Just
trying to find out how to narrow the search. Thanks, Steve T.
"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steve
How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
What happens when you try to boot? Does it boot in Safe Mode?
Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.
Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure even after you
have solved the problem as it's better disabled. Check for variants
of the Stop Error message.
An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during Start-Up and
select option - Disable automatic restart on system failure.
If you are using a wireless keyboard and the F8 key does not work
substitute a wired keyboard and mouse for this exercise only.
You might try booting after disconnecting all peripherals except
keyboard, mouse and monitor
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Steve T wrote:
Having re-occuring problems with my system booting up past the
black XP screen. XP Home SP-2. Anybody have a link to a
step-by-step guide to refer me too? Thanks, Steve T.
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