Following up... I solved my own problem.
The last time I had a major system error (it was a blue screen hive
error) the problem was solved by copying a registry snapshot from the
System_Volume_Information folder. I didn't think my problem was of the
same variety as that time, since it was not a blue screen, but I
decided, "what the heck" and tried the same tactic. And voila. It
worked. I am starting to think that the snapshot folders are the magic
bullet.
Just for the record, I've seen a lot of the black screen posts saying
that people's monitors went into standby mode - i.e. some type of video
problem - that was not the case with my problem. The monitor stayed
on.
Just posting this solution for posterity.
On Dec 31, 11:30 am, "RSS" <rsilve...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been having some issues with Windows XP lately (SP2 with all
> updates installed). At shutdown, when it gets to the "Windows is
> shutting down" screen, it often just sits there without completely
> turning off. I can tolerate that, and would just power down manually.
>
> But yesterday, at startup, the machine froze after the Windows screen -
> just a black screen forever. I hit reset, and it asked me if I wanted
> to try the last known good configuration, and that does the exact same
> thing.
>
> I have a second boot drive, so I went in and ran a chkdsk /f on the
> problem drive, and also did a full virus scan, and neither revealed any
> issues.
>
> What would you suggest as the proper course of troubleshooting from
> here?
>
> Thank you very much, in advance!
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