2006-09-16 14:16:54 · 5 answers · asked by G. S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Great question. Hope this helps. In most cases, when windows wont load properly, it's because of an incompatability that's occuring with your programs or drivers that you have installed. If you can reload your windows program again from the original installation cd, do so and it will straighten it out. You can also go in by using the "safe mode" by hitting F5 or F8 key just after you see the windows logo you mentioned. That way, you'd be able to "Restore" your computer to an earlier date when everything was working fine. Thanks for the question, Larry.
2006-09-16 14:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're running an illegal copy of XP, MS won't let you boot to the desktop. If your XP is legit:
1. Go into BIOS first and double check your system configuration (especially if you were in it before rebooting). Drive load order especially. Another place to look is the drive setup, and that it's properly configured for your particular drive. If it's SATA, SATA is enabled and your system will recognize the drive in BIOS. Don't see the drive listed automatically, suspect drive failure.
2. If it's in proper order, exit the BIOS, reboot and press F5 and pick Safe Mode with networking, and try to reboot. If it does, there's a XP problem unrelated to the NTLDR file. If you were installing new drivers and this started, this is the time to uninstall them and reboot in normal mode. If it reboots fine, it was a bad driver install.
To get a more precise workaround, it will help to know what occurred before rebooting/starting the computer (did you work on any system settings? BIOS? Downloaded and installed a new program?). Those answers will help a lot in spotting problem areas.
2006-09-16 22:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by SandyKIT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first thing to do is press F8 repeatedly on boot up to catch the boot menu, then scroll to last known good configuration, it will load a backup of your registry from when it worked. If that doesn't work, then try safe mode, and system restore, if it still won't boot, try removing any newly install hardware. If all that fails, do a non destructive install of XP with your cd
YOu have to start hitting the F8 key before you see the windows logo, or it has gone past the boot menu, if you miss it, turn it off and try again
2006-09-16 21:59:17 · answer #3 · answered by butchell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try starting it in safe mode by holding down F8 and see if that helps. Have you loaded any new software, hardware, or programs? If you can get it to start up you may be able to use system restore to set it at an earlier date.
2006-09-16 21:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by superfcdallas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like u need a new video card....
2006-09-16 21:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋