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| Thread ID: 104222 | 2009-10-20 18:28:00 | XP won't Restart | stephan08611 (10225) | Press F1 |
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| 822459 | 2009-10-20 18:28:00 | I had issues with XP not Restarting either from a program prompt or from the Start menu. It got to 'Windows is shutting down' and would freeze so I had to shut it off manually. The last time I did, when I tried to reboot I got the BSOD with a Log on failure and the system shut down. I called Dell [I have a Deminsions 4400] and they sent me a recovery disk [I got this puter from a friend who didn't have one. The tech guided me through a kind of extensive reformatting but after we were finished I tried the Restart button and its still the same thing, freezes up, so its only a matter of time until it crashes again. Also, when I start up now, I get a black screen with white lettering asking me what OS I want to start, theres 2 entried for XP home addition. I choose the first one and it boots. How can I get rid of this, it kind of annoying. Any help would be appreciated. |
stephan08611 (10225) | ||
| 822460 | 2009-10-20 18:52:00 | You need to edit the bad entry out of the boot.ini file articles.techrepublic.com.com |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 822461 | 2009-10-20 19:56:00 | Also take a look in Event Viewer and see what, if any, errors are showing relating to the crashes. | pctek (84) | ||
| 822462 | 2009-10-20 22:04:00 | Also take a look in Event Viewer and see what, if any, errors are showing relating to the crashes. Yes, ssee if any errors point to any drivers or hardware. Could also be a hard drive or RAM issue, although less likely. As for the extra entry: Run>Msconfig>boot.ini tab>Check all boot paths Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 822463 | 2009-10-21 18:27:00 | I tried getting rid of the extra entry first since that was the easiest for me. It has to Restart to take effect so thats where I am now. I'll wait for 1/2 an hour and see what happens, I'm really leary about manually shutting down. | stephan08611 (10225) | ||
| 822464 | 2009-10-21 19:17:00 | After waiting 1/2 hour, it still sat there frozen, had to manually shut down but it did boot Ok. Not knowing what to look for or where to look in the Event finder, I looked in Systems [?] and nothing pointed to any drivers or hardware. As for the bad entry in boot.ini, what do I look for there? | stephan08611 (10225) | ||
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