A Windows 98 & ME forum. Win98banter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » Win98banter forum » Windows ME » Software & Applications
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

HP Pavilion Running WinMe fails to load Windows



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old July 21st 04, 03:05 AM
Freebird
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default HP Pavilion Running WinMe fails to load Windows

I've got an HP Pavilion running WinME thats 3 years old which for some
reason decided several weeks ago to start booting correctly, with the
exception of displaying the wallpaper and the taskbar for a brief second,
and then hanging permanently. In other words, when I start the computer
everything boots correctly, and when the Login box appears, I login or click
cancel to get to the desktop. The wallpaper displays, as does the taskbar at
the bottom of the screen, but only for a split second, and then it
disappears. The computer then hangs permanently and sits staring at me in
smug defiance. Since this little situation appeared several weeks ago I've
bought a new computer, and the only reason I am spending time on this is
because I have lots of information I'd like to get off of the old hard drive
(that, and the CD burner in my new computer makes CD's which won't play in
my 4 year old Pioneer car stereo - anybody have any input on that and know a
way to work around it? (short of buying a new car stereo, thanks)) I've done
searches on Google for bootable CD images, which I've tried, and apparently
my new computer refuses to boot from the CD drive, as far as I can tell,
although I could be wrong. I'd like to find a bootable CD image which will
let me at least boot to DOS, but I haven't been able to find one so far. I'd
make a bootable floppy with my new machine, but it doesn't have a floppy
drive, and I'm not spending the $$ on a USB floppy at this point. I do have
the 3 system recovery CD's that came with the computer, but there are no
directions with them, and I can't get them to do anything, so right now they
are worthless to me.

(I realize this is long, but I'm trying to include all parts of the problem
and the things that I have tried to fix it up to this point.)

Ideally what I would like is to restore 100% functionality to the OS in my
Me machine simply so I can retrieve the data I need to and burn a bunch of
CD's with my old burner (which makes CD's my car stereo WILL play...although
I tried installing my old burner on my new machine and XP threw a fit and
disabled the drivers.) However, at this point I think restoring 100%
functionality might be a little much to hope for, though I hope someone
proves me wrong! Thanks in advance to anyone who tries to tackle this!

Computer Info:
HP Pavilion xt919
WinMe
800Mhz Celeron
Phoenix BIOS v. 4.0 release 6.0.A
128MB RAM


  #2  
Old July 21st 04, 06:49 AM
Noel Paton
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default HP Pavilion Running WinMe fails to load Windows

Can you boot OK to Safe Mode??
If not, try the following

Boot to DOS using a Win ME Startup floppy, and type

SCANREG /FIX
at the A:\ prompt

When complete, remove the floppy and reboot.

See if that helps.

If not - try using System Restore to get back to before your system went
west.....
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=279736

If that doesn't work, then post back and we'll look at other things.....

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Freebird" wrote in message
.com...
I've got an HP Pavilion running WinME thats 3 years old which for some
reason decided several weeks ago to start booting correctly, with the
exception of displaying the wallpaper and the taskbar for a brief second,
and then hanging permanently. In other words, when I start the computer
everything boots correctly, and when the Login box appears, I login or

click
cancel to get to the desktop. The wallpaper displays, as does the taskbar

at
the bottom of the screen, but only for a split second, and then it
disappears. The computer then hangs permanently and sits staring at me in
smug defiance. Since this little situation appeared several weeks ago I've
bought a new computer, and the only reason I am spending time on this is
because I have lots of information I'd like to get off of the old hard

drive
(that, and the CD burner in my new computer makes CD's which won't play in
my 4 year old Pioneer car stereo - anybody have any input on that and know

a
way to work around it? (short of buying a new car stereo, thanks)) I've

done
searches on Google for bootable CD images, which I've tried, and

apparently
my new computer refuses to boot from the CD drive, as far as I can tell,
although I could be wrong. I'd like to find a bootable CD image which will
let me at least boot to DOS, but I haven't been able to find one so far.

I'd
make a bootable floppy with my new machine, but it doesn't have a floppy
drive, and I'm not spending the $$ on a USB floppy at this point. I do

have
the 3 system recovery CD's that came with the computer, but there are no
directions with them, and I can't get them to do anything, so right now

they
are worthless to me.

(I realize this is long, but I'm trying to include all parts of the

problem
and the things that I have tried to fix it up to this point.)

Ideally what I would like is to restore 100% functionality to the OS in my
Me machine simply so I can retrieve the data I need to and burn a bunch of
CD's with my old burner (which makes CD's my car stereo WILL

play...although
I tried installing my old burner on my new machine and XP threw a fit and
disabled the drivers.) However, at this point I think restoring 100%
functionality might be a little much to hope for, though I hope someone
proves me wrong! Thanks in advance to anyone who tries to tackle this!

Computer Info:
HP Pavilion xt919
WinMe
800Mhz Celeron
Phoenix BIOS v. 4.0 release 6.0.A
128MB RAM




  #3  
Old July 21st 04, 08:26 AM
Freebird
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default HP Pavilion Running WinMe fails to load Windows

Noel asked:

Can you boot OK to Safe Mode??


No, I can't...I tried several times tonight with the same original problem
rearing its head in the end.

And then suggested that I:

Boot to DOS using a Win ME Startup floppy, and type


I don't have a startup floppy, and as far as I can tell, my attempt at
creating a bootable CD with my new computer using a CD image I downloaded
and my new machine's burner was unsuccessful. Any pointers to a site where
I can download a CD image which will allow me to burn a CD that will boot
the old machine to DOS?

I searched and searched and unfortunately didn't find what I was looking
for, assuming that it exists somewhere.



  #4  
Old July 21st 04, 06:25 PM
Noel Paton
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default HP Pavilion Running WinMe fails to load Windows

www.bootdisk.com
get the Win ME OEM disk - run the download to create the floppy.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Freebird" wrote in message
.com...
Noel asked:

Can you boot OK to Safe Mode??


No, I can't...I tried several times tonight with the same original problem
rearing its head in the end.

And then suggested that I:

Boot to DOS using a Win ME Startup floppy, and type


I don't have a startup floppy, and as far as I can tell, my attempt at
creating a bootable CD with my new computer using a CD image I downloaded
and my new machine's burner was unsuccessful. Any pointers to a site

where
I can download a CD image which will allow me to burn a CD that will boot
the old machine to DOS?

I searched and searched and unfortunately didn't find what I was looking
for, assuming that it exists somewhere.





 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
WinMe fails to load Windows on HP Pavilion Freebird General 1 July 21st 04 11:02 AM
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-024 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (839645) Gary S. Terhune General 2 July 14th 04 05:06 AM
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-024 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (839645) Gary S. Terhune General 2 July 14th 04 05:06 AM
deleted explorer.exe Anida Software & Applications 20 June 16th 04 06:21 AM
Zero-byte D: drive should not show, C: missing from Device Manager *Vanguard* General 8 June 12th 04 04:19 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:44 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Win98banter.
The comments are property of their posters.