Hi!
My XP pro was perfectly fine untill one day it started getting stuck at startups. When i first start the computer, it gets stuck after aprox 30 secs and requires a reboot. On the second go it takes it about 40 secs before it freezes again. On the 3rd time - 45 secs and so on. Eventually, after about 10 restarts, the windows manages to stay up and running.
Now, what have i already tried? Well, it runs perfectly well when in safe mode, so that eliminates a few things. I've tried all that the windows troubleshooter suggested which was to
- use system restore. i restored it to before the SP2 was installed and even as far back as i could. i didn't have any restore points created by me. only automatic ones..
- try and disable some hardware on the device manager
- perform a selective boot without the startup items, the system.ini, win.ini etc'.
- rollback drivers
- check for viruses.
All these did nothing at all. The next step on the troubleshooter was to uninstall windows XP.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY?!
hope there is...
Noam
My XP pro was perfectly fine untill one day it started getting stuck at startups. When i first start the computer, it gets stuck after aprox 30 secs and requires a reboot. On the second go it takes it about 40 secs before it freezes again. On the 3rd time - 45 secs and so on. Eventually, after about 10 restarts, the windows manages to stay up and running.
Now, what have i already tried? Well, it runs perfectly well when in safe mode, so that eliminates a few things. I've tried all that the windows troubleshooter suggested which was to
- use system restore. i restored it to before the SP2 was installed and even as far back as i could. i didn't have any restore points created by me. only automatic ones..
- try and disable some hardware on the device manager
- perform a selective boot without the startup items, the system.ini, win.ini etc'.
- rollback drivers
- check for viruses.
All these did nothing at all. The next step on the troubleshooter was to uninstall windows XP.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY?!
hope there is...
Noam