Re: Windows XP hangs on startup after the windows logo shows

Error Message: Setup Cannot Set the Required Windows XP Configuration
Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316425

Try removing all connected peripherals except keyboard, mouse and
monitor and boot.

What precisely is your Windows CD?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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"Stumped66bc" <Stumped66bc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My hangs everytime on startup now. It only gets as far as the Windows
Logo
and then the screen goes blank. It seems to be accessing the hard
drive
briefly in a continuous short cycle. The only way I can end it is to
hold
down the power switch until it powers down.

This started out of the blue. My system is a relatively new 3.0 Ghz
IBM 8187
43U and I simply shut it down one night and it wouldn't start in the
morning.
I made no hardware or software changes. Maybe some updates to Windows
were
applied on shutdown as my system usually applies updates on shutdown.

I tried all the recovery techniques shown in standard texts.
The computer would hang in SAFE mode at mup.sys.
I tried repairing by booting from the XP CD install disk and that
didn't
work. It simply gave an error saying "Setup cannot set the required
Windows
XP configuration information. This indiscates an internal setup error.
Contact System Administration"

I then updated my BIOS but still the same problem.
I tried default BIOS setting but still same problem.
I then reset the CMOS but still the same problem.
I ran hardware diagnostics from boot CD and all hardware seems fine.

My system's primary hard drive is a 40 Gig drive and I also have a
second
internal 40 Gig removal drive (not USB). Same problem even if I
disable or
remove this drive. My data is mostly all on this removable drive with
system
programs and applications on primary drive.

Any suggestions on how to get this system to boot up properly? I am
totally
struggling with this one. Help!!




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