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windows xp boot up problem

  • 07-09-2005 7:53am
    #1
    Zwartsj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Yesterday while I was at work one of the other occupants in my house hold did something with the computer. But as you know that one has died and gone to haven.

    Any way the pc boots up and asks my to chose from a list of how to boot windows xp Pro
    Safe mode
    Safe mode with networking
    Last known good config
    Normal

    No matter witch one you chose the xp splash screen appears and then the pc reboots itself some times there is a quick blue screen but the pc reboots itself to fast can’t read what it says.

    can any one help me with this as at this stage I don’t want to reload xp as I don’t have every thing backed up # jpg emails etc


Comments

  • #2
    CTU_Agent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 705 ✭✭✭CTU_Agent


    Hey, I had this exact same problem last week in work. The blue screen appeared so fast just after the splash screen. After some time that day, trying to fix the problem the hard drive eventually failed and it wouldnt boot at all and I replaced it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news..... :(


  • #3
    Boberto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 353 ✭✭Boberto


    Try using the recovery console in case the OS is damaged? http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654 - How to use...


  • #4
    axel90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭axel90


    stick in your xp disk and goto repair console reapir startup that could do it


  • #5
    Brendan552004
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭Brendan552004


    I have had the same problem when I upgraded to XP, so many problems with printer drivers, uncompatible programmes etc. I have gone back to Windows 2000.

    The booting problem, I solved it by pressing the Del key on boot up and then selecting the default settings.


  • #6
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Check you system startup settings in

    Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings

    Should be said to /fastdetect

    If its showing the startup options .. also check mconfig for the boot options


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  • #7
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,751 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Check you system startup settings in

    Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings

    Should be said to /fastdetect

    If its showing the startup options .. also check mconfig for the boot option
    Pretty useless information if you cant boot into windows.

    Origina poster-its vital to find out what happened to the PC before the issue began occuring.
    If some extra hardware was added then remove it.
    To whomever suggested using the recovery console-have you ever actually sed the recovery console? Its not as easy nor as straightforward to use as you say-and in most cases will result in you losing your data.
    Original Poster, if you do go down this line make sure you search on google to ensure you know exactly how to do it.
    My suggestion would be to slave the drive on another PC-copy all data off it that you need then reinstall Windows. Its extreme but will work so long as your HD is not fried which doesnt look to be the case.
    Kippy


  • #8
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Sorry didnt read the post fully.. its late in the evening :(

    Dont use the recovery console. You could do a repair install which will revert windows back without losing your saed data (settings will be lost)

    You will need to use the Windows XP disk to boot and continue thru to setup until it detects your existing windows installation. Press R to repair. You will need to install patches.

    I would still do what Kippy says and slave the drive to copy the info off just in case


  • #9
    Zion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Zion


    This happened to my cousin PC two months ago and eventually we found out that one of the RAM stick in his PC is causing this problem.


  • #10
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Isnt it strange the way life imitates threads..

    Seriously.. I went home on Friday evening and installed 2 new SATA hard disks into my computer and guess what when i rebooted the system i got the same error as the original poster. So i reverted back to the original config and the same error.

    What i eventually did to solve this problem was remove all hard disks bar the bootable hard disk and restart windows and it worked. Then eventually started adding hardware and rebooting each time to make sure it work. Found the issue to be with my SATA/IDE RAID chip on the mobo. So moved 2 ide hard disks to another raid controller and swapped the SATAs to the additional SATA controller and bobs my granfather.

    Only thing was that I had to re-activated my XP install because of the amount of hardware changes I had.


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