Some background: I did not add any new hardware or software recently. I have good antivirus protection Avira, MSSE , did a routine security patching of all programs about a week ago using secunia. Although, I have multiple antivirus programs and that can be a problem, they've worked fine on the problem computer for 6 months, and I have two other computers with the same OS and antivirus programs and they work fine too. As you were unable to perform repair installation also successfully, I would suggest you to disable automatic restart on system failure to obtain the exact error message.
Method 1: Disable automatic restart on system failure to get the exact error message. This option prevents Windows from automatically restarting if an error causes Windows to fail. Restart the computer. As the computer is restarting, press the F8 key repeatedly until you see the Windows Advanced Options screen. Method 2: Perform Disk check from the Recovery console. How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP. Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think. For example, the device pathname format for a standard bootable drive C configuration would look like this:. When Windows XP encounters a fatal error, the default setting for handling such an error is to automatically reboot the system. If the error occurs while Windows XP is booting, the operating system will become stuck in a reboot cycle--rebooting over and over instead of starting up normally.
In that case, you'll need to disable the option for automatically restarting on system failure. When Windows XP begins to boot up and you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to display the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Now, Windows XP will hang up when it encounters the error and with any luck, it will display a stop message you can use to diagnose the problem.
If you can't seem to repair a Windows XP system that won't boot and you have a recent backup, you can restore the system from the backup media. The method you use to restore the system will depend on what backup utility you used, so you'll need to follow the utility's instructions on how to perform a restore operation.
If you can't repair a Windows XP system that won't boot and you don't have a recent backup, you can perform an in-place upgrade. Doing so reinstalls the operating system into the same folder, just as if you were upgrading from one version of Windows to another.
An in-place upgrade will usually solve most, if not all, Windows boot problems. This screen will prompt you to press R to repair the selected installation or to press [Esc] to install a fresh copy of Windows XP. In this case, initiating a repair operation is synonymous with performing an in-place upgrade, so you'll need to press R. When you do so, Setup will examine the disk drives in the system. It will then begin performing the in-place upgrade. Keep in mind that after you perform an in-place upgrade or repair installation, you must reinstall all updates to Windows.
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Once the format operation is complete, close the Format dialog box to return to My Computer, double-click the drive C icon to access the root directory, and copy the following three files to the floppy disk: Boot. Editor's Picks.
It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. Since yesterday my Windows XP install is stuck on the loading screen XP logo and "progress bar" constantly moving. I waited more than one hour but nothing more happened.
Before this problem occured I didn't install anything new no driver, no update Since I did the "fixboot", the safe mode is also stuck after the list of drivers loaded, it displays a black screen with only a "underscore" blinking and Now I'm there : can't boot in normal mode, can't boot in Safe mode anymore.
Any suggestion is welcome. Moreover, if someone knows if it's possible to read the windows event log under the recovery console, I'm also interested. If windows hangs at the loading screen it is probably hung on a custom driver. If you can get in safe mode, great, run msconfig and under "BOOT. You should see a list of drivers being loaded instead of the normal Windows logo. When it freezes, take note of what driver is trying to be loaded, then use google to look it up.
It most likely corresponds to a third party program that you should uninstall. Susprisingly Yahoo! Answers had a suggestion that seems valid. Use of an OEM disk will probable fail. Boot the computer using the XP CD. You may need to change the boot order in the system BIOS. Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order. When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below.
Press Enter to start the Windows Setup. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your applications and settings will remain intact.
Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP installation. It seems that having done too much, you are almost out of options. You can try to use your boot cd to roll Windows back to a previous restore point. If you can't find a solution, you might have to do a repair installation as described by Ivo, and if this doesn't work horror then a full installation.
Before you try a repair I'd recommend booting to the Last Known Good configuration. The Last Known Good Configuration feature restores registry information and driver settings that were in effect the last time the computer started successfully. Another thing you can try is to disconnect all peripherals during boot. It's a very slim chance but worth trying - I have seen this work before when XP showed the symptoms you describe.
Does it always stop at the same point? If not the problem might be something else. I had one PC with XP that got stuck occasionally on the loading screen, the problem then got more frequent and it finally started to stop at different points immediately after turning on at the BIOS screen.
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