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Offline Shakey

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Boot Problem
« on: October 06, 2009, 10:05:56 AM »
Just started having this problem. When i bootup it hangs on the boot screen after all my drives have been recognized. Sometimes if i let it hang it will boot other times i have to reboot 1 or 2 times then it boots. Also when it gets to windows load sceeen it takes longer than normal to boot into windows. After it finally boots all is well everything works fine. I am running XP Pro with SP3. Have googled this problem and get a lot of different answers from bad power supply to bad memory. I have always gotten good sound answers here and appreciate the help.
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Offline Runaway1956

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Re: Boot Problem
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2009, 11:08:28 AM »
I wouldn't jump to conclusions about bad hardware.  A simple test for bad hardware would be to boot to an alternative operating system.  LiveCD would be alright, a LiveUSB would be better. (Running from a CD is slow, slow, slow)

You could check for a corrupted system file with System File Checker while waiting for better answers.  Go to a DOS prompt, and type "sfc /scannow" (without quotations, of course).  Be prepared to insert your installation disk if SFC finds any corrupted files.

You could also be victim of one or more exploits.  A poorly designed rootkit or a virus on the MBR could be hanging things up.
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Offline Runaway1956

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Re: Boot Problem
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2009, 11:18:33 AM »
Also, be sure to run chkdsk.  Before you close that DOS prompt, type "chkdsk /r"  You'll get a message that the volume can't be locked, do you want to run chkdsk at next boot, Y or N.  Press Y for yes, then close everything and reboot.
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Offline Shakey

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Re: Boot Problem
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2009, 01:59:11 PM »
Ran both scan files and check disk no problems . But still have boot problems sometimes on boot screen od on wigows load screen.
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Offline MARX91

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Re: Boot Problem
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2009, 02:28:12 PM »
  I'd unplug the cd drive/s the see how it boots, remove a stick of memory and see what happens
then the other.. (granted you have more than one stick)  just to rule out a bad drive or memory as being the problem,
could also be a failing hard drive which there are diagnostics tools here...
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287#maxtor.
To test it out
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Offline Shakey

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Re: Boot Problem
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2009, 02:26:48 PM »
Problem solved it was a bad DVD drive replaced it and all is well.
One thing that threw me was i am running 2 cards in SLI and after fixing the DVD i had no monitor. So i tried the lower card and that worked dont know if anyone has heard off that happening.
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