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| Thread ID: 42152 | 2004-02-02 05:13:00 | Halfway through bootup, my Windows ME freezes - sometimes | ssssss (2100) | Press F1 |
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| 212322 | 2004-02-02 05:13:00 | About 1 in 10 times when I am starting my HP computer, it freezes halfway through booting up. I can't understand why sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't because I would have expected each time to be the same. However I have to restart the computer when it freezes. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to fix this problem, please? |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 212323 | 2004-02-02 05:29:00 | There are many and varied reasons that give the same result unfortunately. But first things to eliminate are:- 1/ Scandisk then defrag. 2/ Run Adaware and Spybot 3/ Download and run Regclean 4/ Start in safe mode and go into device manager. look under a) Disk drives b) Display adaptors c) DVD/CDROM Drives d) Mouse & Keyboard Make sure there is only one listing for each device. If you find multiple entries of the device, just right click and choose remove, on all. Afterwards, restart PC and it will re-detect correctly the devices you removed. DONT go looking elsewhere...you will highly likely cause yourself to reload the system. You may have to have your ME disk handy too. 5/ System File Check (you will definitely require ME disk.) start-run and enter SFC /Scannow Try 4 & 5 only after proving the others have failed. Prove before 4 before going to 5. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 212324 | 2004-02-05 05:54:00 | Thanks for the advice Phoenix. I appreciate it. So far I have done the scan and defrag. Haven't got around to trying the rest yet. |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 212325 | 2004-02-05 21:14:00 | I have used ME for several years on different systems and there has always been this problem. Could be that it needs to run Scandisk. It is a nuisance but does not seem to effect the performance. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 212326 | 2004-02-05 21:21:00 | I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've learned that ME has some problems, and as i dont use it, i dont know how to fix it, but i can tell you that this happened to my friend and he ended up wiping shortly afterwards. | Growly (6) | ||
| 212327 | 2004-02-06 01:38:00 | I have a similar problem with WinXP Home. Goes thru all the boot-up sequence then sometimes (but not everytime) freezes on the "Welcome" screen. I don't have a reboot button so I have to close down completly, then press Start again. |
Peter (676) | ||
| 212328 | 2004-02-06 03:16:00 | Could be a low power output situation. > I have a similar problem with WinXP Home. Goes thru all the boot-up sequence then sometimes (but not everytime) freezes on the "Welcome" screen. You could try turning the welcome screen off, you'll boot up much quicker anyway. User accounts -> change the way users log on -> untick use welcome screen. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 212329 | 2004-02-06 03:25:00 | Agree with POWA, most common bootup freezes caused by faulty RAM or power supply inadequate/getting old. There are other reasons, but just in my experiance, these are the most common. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 212330 | 2004-02-14 10:33:00 | Thanks Phoenix, Problem seems to have gone away, at least temporarily, after doing your steps 1 & 2. Bye the way I note in step 3 you mention downloading RegClean. I looked in Download.com and they say that it is for Windows 95, 98 & NT. They don't mention ME, which I have. I think it might be worth me trying to 'clean up' the Registry though. Do you know another program that you could recommend? |
ssssss (2100) | ||
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