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| 246433 | 2004-06-21 02:23:00 | When I went to turn off my Win 98 PC it was frozen on the screensaver. I had to press re-set to get out of it, and now the PC hangs on a blank screen (other than a top left cursor) after doing the POST and showing the Win screen. I've tried re-booting in safe mode, and this was succesful, but that's as far as I can get. Don't think it's a virus as it's my #2 m/c and doesn't get connected to the 'Net. The two m/c's are on a local network, though. I tried running Nortons Utilities on the crook m/c, but a message told me not to, and Virus scan crashed halfway through. So I'm stuck in safe mode. any help much appreciated. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
| 246434 | 2004-06-21 02:29:00 | In Safe Mode run msconfig and remove everything from startup and try rebooting in normal mode. If it boots ok run msconfig and start ticking items one by one with a reboot inbetween until you find the item that is stopping the PC from booting. If it still won't boot it may be a hardware/driver fault which are a bit harder to find. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 246435 | 2004-06-21 03:53:00 | Many thanks for your reply, CYaBro. Took everything out of Startup and re-booted. Same problem, hanging. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
| 246436 | 2004-06-21 08:27:00 | Boot into safe mode. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information. Click Tools > System File Checker. Make sure Scan for Altered Files is selected and click OK. Have your Win98 CD handy to replace any faulty files. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 246437 | 2004-06-21 10:59:00 | The other things to try include going into 'Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu' via F8 and select Step-by-Step confirmation, and go through the windows boot process item by item. With luck you may find where it hangs. Also try running Scandisk from DOS. If still no joy, try scanreg from dos, scanreg /fix to try to repair the Registry, and/or scanreg /restore to restore a previous Registry from a time when the system was working ok. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 246438 | 2004-06-21 11:53:00 | if the above fails try this boot with a 98 boot disk or safe command promt only boot at the a:\ prompt type (if secound boot option is tried c:\ prompt) "path=c:\windows\command" press enter type scanreg /restore you will be given some dates choose the date before this started to happen word of warning you will loose any settings and possibly any software installs done after the date you choose to restore to |
beama (111) | ||
| 246439 | 2004-06-21 12:01:00 | snap Terry :D |
beama (111) | ||
| 246440 | 2004-06-21 22:13:00 | Thanks to all who replied. The problem has been resolved, and it looks like it was a driver. A few weeks back I updated Nero's InCD. It's been going fine, but I unloaded the programme anyway (in desperation!) and boot up is now normal. I believe the errant file to be C:\Windows\System\Iosubsys\BSUDF.vxd. Must make a point of letting Nero know. Regards to all. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
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