I am new the 2000/XP scene but very proficient in 95/98/ME scene. I upgraded to XP about 5 months ago and loved it until a couple days ago. I was playing a game which ended up crashing to the desktop. Thats a good sign that a reboot is needed.... so I rebooted and when XP loaded up to the desktop, it froze. So I rebooted again and now XP loads to the Blue logo screen, and thats as far as it gets. It doesnt freeze, as my mouse/keyboard are still responsive, but it doesnt boot to the desktop and there is nothing I can do from the blue logo screen except move my mouse around it (nothing to click). Safe mode does the same thing. Last known good configuration did the same thing. I never made an ASR disk... I used the XP CD to boot into the recovery mode and ran chkdsk, but it found no problems. I left it running while I went to work and came back and my computer was froze. I rebooted and still got no further than the blue logo screen. I let it sit on that screen while I went to work the next day because there was minimal hard drive activity, and when I returned, it was still just sitting on that screen (it did not freeze). I wondered what other steps I could take in XP to troubleshoot this issue, or is time for the good ol' format/reinstall? Thanks in advance!
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XP Boot Problem
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Could try the repair option from install CD - ie boot PC using XP install CD (not using recovery console - there's another one later in the install process which will basically reinstall XP but keeping your settings - you may lose some things so definitely backup before doing this). May not work (and takes same sort of time as install - but hopefully won't have to reinstall everything else if it does) so whether worth it or not I don't know.
You can have a look at this and see if it will help.
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from Starting (Q307545)
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from Starting (Q307545)
over 1 year with XP... many CRASHES testing it during the BETA tests.
1st recommend u use the original CD to upgrade the existing version. normally that will correct every thing.
and all programs will be intact. nothing will be lost.
Frank Smith
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"SomeWhere in Kansas--"Near Dodge City"
1st recommend u use the original CD to upgrade the existing version. normally that will correct every thing.
and all programs will be intact. nothing will be lost.
Frank Smith
s0121@starband.net
"SomeWhere in Kansas--"Near Dodge City"
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