[pchelpers] Re: Unable to boot into Windows
- From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Gil <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:52:26 -0600
Hi Gil,
Monday, January 12, 2004, 5:56:53 PM, you wrote:
G> I'm currently unable to boot up my laptop into Windows 98 SE. My
G> laptop has 128 ram and 20 gig hard drive).
G> When I power on the laptop it freezes and gets hung up at the
G> Windows splash screen. The only way to proceed is for me to cut the
G> power supply, power it up again and then wait as it automatically
G> goes into safe mode. From "Safe" mode I'm able to restart back in
G> "normal" mode.
Are you able to get into Windows in normal mode at all, or what? You
say you can't, then you say that you can get into Normal mode when
restarting from safe mode.
You might try pressing F8 *BEFORE* the splash screen appears; that
will give you a menu, and you can select "Step-by-step", or "logged"
or whatever it's called.When you step through, make note of the last
item that you approve when the system locks up. The next time through,
DON'T approve that item, and see if it seems to start normally. If
you're able to isolate the problem, write back with what you find.
Also, check to see if there's a BOOTLOG.TXT in C:\; that may contain
some valuable info also.
--Scott.
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