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4 Replies Last post: Nov 22, 2006 12:46 PM by bobby269  
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bobby269
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Nov 20, 2006 12:04 PM

Boots to windows logo page & stops.

Win XP Pro sp2. When starting it stops booting at windows logo page. You see the light on the harddrive go out first. ( a new mother board didn't help):roll:
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1. Nov 21, 2006 8:42 AM in response to: bobby269
Windows had too much beer and it has the hickups! Did you download all security patches and updates before you installed SP2? If not Windows won't work properly.
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2. Nov 21, 2006 9:38 AM in response to: bobby269
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All downloads were completed. It worked for a few days before this problem kicked in.The work was done by a reliable repair store.( I thought)
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3. Nov 22, 2006 9:45 AM in response to: bobby269
Log into safe mode and check Event Viewer and see if any errors have been posted. If so, figure out what is and try to solve the problem. If nothing, boot into safe mode again, run Msconfig "Start, run, type msconfig" and disable all startup programs and see if Windows will boot then.
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4. Nov 22, 2006 12:46 PM in response to: bobby269
Boot hard drive is one of the problems.
It turned out to be the boot harddrive.

Thanks for everyone's input.
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