All,
I know a fair whack about PC's but this problem has got me going.
After some updates, exceptionally slow performance and a reboot (after installing xpsp3) I have the following problems!
1. The splash screen which shows the windows logo and has the blue bar scrolling across can sometimes be on for an eternity. The bar will stop and start stop and start...sometimes it will eventually go to a black screen and say Boot Failure...Insert system disk.
2. Sometimes however, it boots fine...this time being an example. Normal load time and good performance once loaded.
3. It always works in safe mode without fail.
4. After problem 1. Noted above, if you hit the reset button it immediatly goes to the boot failure screen...if you turn it off and on...it will go to the xp screen and may load or may fail.
specs
Asus A8N-E MOBO AMD 64 3700+ PROCESSOR 1024MB RAN (GEIL DDR 400 MHz). Nvidea 6800 GS 512MB Ram card. 200Gb Maxtor Hard drive. Pioneer DVD/RW drive and a 3.5 inch floppy. a little old, but fine for what i use it for.
any pointers on this would be much appreciated!!
Many Thanks
John
I know a fair whack about PC's but this problem has got me going.
After some updates, exceptionally slow performance and a reboot (after installing xpsp3) I have the following problems!
1. The splash screen which shows the windows logo and has the blue bar scrolling across can sometimes be on for an eternity. The bar will stop and start stop and start...sometimes it will eventually go to a black screen and say Boot Failure...Insert system disk.
2. Sometimes however, it boots fine...this time being an example. Normal load time and good performance once loaded.
3. It always works in safe mode without fail.
4. After problem 1. Noted above, if you hit the reset button it immediatly goes to the boot failure screen...if you turn it off and on...it will go to the xp screen and may load or may fail.
specs
Asus A8N-E MOBO AMD 64 3700+ PROCESSOR 1024MB RAN (GEIL DDR 400 MHz). Nvidea 6800 GS 512MB Ram card. 200Gb Maxtor Hard drive. Pioneer DVD/RW drive and a 3.5 inch floppy. a little old, but fine for what i use it for.
any pointers on this would be much appreciated!!
Many Thanks
John