Windows won't load- freezes on startup

I can't get into windows at all- it freezes at the
opening splash screen (safe mode does work). I tried
getting a new hard drive and reinstalling windows on new
drive. No dice, it still does exactly the same thing.
Does anyone know how I can find out what's causing the
problem, or how to fix it? Thanks!

"START, Run, MSConfig" & turn off the Startup Group, Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat. (Note: when you later turn them back on, all items in them
will get checked. So, note what may be unchecked first.)

Can you boot to Normal Mode now? If so, there is some troubleshooting to
do, using MSConfig...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;281965
How to Troubleshoot Using the Msconfig Utility with Windows 98
(281965) - This article describes how to use the Microsoft System
Configuration (Msconfig) utility to troubleshoot configuration errors in
Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition.

BUT BE CAREFUL-- better not disable System.ini & Win.ini, because that
can be trouble. Well, if you are sure of your Registry backups, actually
those two can be recovered this way...

(a) Boot to DOS. (Hold Ctrl for the Startup Menu, & select "Command
Prompt Only".)
(b) Scanreg /Restore
(c) Ctrl-Alt Del to Windows.

It will offer five dates. Choose the one of the last successful boot, to
start. These backups are done at boot, not at shut down. This should be
safe to do, if you haven't done anything to files in the mean time. This
will not restore files other than those .ini's & the Registry. It only
restores settings.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"elizabeth" wrote in message
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| I can't get into windows at all- it freezes at the
| opening splash screen (safe mode does work). I tried
| getting a new hard drive and reinstalling windows on new
| drive. No dice, it still does exactly the same thing.
| Does anyone know how I can find out what's causing the
| problem, or how to fix it? Thanks!