It may have messed with permissions. If that's the case, a restore from image will fix it. Peace, Gman http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 1:03 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- XP Musical boot failure > > Restarted from Vista to XP Pro > Boot was very very S L O W > Finally reached the Blue XP splash screen > Finally reached the point where it plays the music. > > This time it played it over and over and over and over ad infinitum > nauseum > > Previous to this, I had copied everything from my data drive to a > separate drive and then copied it back. I thought my XP was a clean > install without the tweaks to put stuff on the data drive, but it is > possible that I was wrong. Would a simple copy off and then copy back > screw up the boot? Everything went back to the same folder as it was > before the copy. > > MY first step to fix it will be to simply restore the data drive from > the latest ATI image I have. If that doesn't work, I restore XP from > the latest image. If that doesn't work I'll go to the earliest XP image > and start all over again. Or maybe just abandon XP and the dual boot. > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------