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Win98SE boot problem
Hello all
Having a problem with windows freezing on startup. I believe it almost gets to the desktop before it stops. I can get into safe mode. Here's what I've tried so far; Virus scan spyware scan turn off graphic card hardware acceleration in msconfig I unchecked all startup items booted without win.ini rebooted without system.ini boot with step by step confirmation- all goes well until "load all windows drivers" must be one of these drivers but why would a windows reload not fix?? from a dos prompt run scanreg-no errors restore an earlier registry from a dos prompt run scandisk made sure there is no sound file upon windows startup Reload windows, this works for a short period of time...odd, after loading windows I need to install USB drivers, while loading these drivers the system needs to reboot, and does so successfully. But after this if rebooted I'm back to square one System AMD 950mhz 256 RAM Gforce 2MX graphics card VIA KT400 chipset MB MSI KT4V Thanks for any input! |
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"AMW" wrote:
Hello all Having a problem with windows freezing on startup. I believe it almost gets to the desktop before it stops. I can get into safe mode. Here's what I've tried so far; Turn on the computer and bring up the Startup Menu, as you do for Safe Mode. Instead of choosing Safe Mode select the "Logged - bootlog.txt" option. When it freezes restart the computer and this time boot into Safe Mode. There should now be two hidden files in the root directory (C:\) named bootlog.txt and bootlog.prv Bootlog.txt will be the file from your successful startup in Safe Mode. Bootlog.prv will be from your previous failed attempt to start normally. The content of the bootlog.prv file, especially the last 20 or so lines, should be a direct clue as to the specific cause of the failed boot. You can also download a free bootlog analyzer program from http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/pk29/ which you can use to check out the bootlog.prv file. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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