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Lobster
A couple of days ago my machine (Win XP home) seemed to freeze during
start up for no apparent reason, however I left it alone and it
eventually loaded windows OK and ran fine. Next day and today, same
thing happened. The delay (2-3 minutes?) happens after the PC has
booted, and while Windows is installing (during the initial 'black
screen' phase). There does seem to be some very minimal hard disk
activity going on during this time.
No, I haven't made any recent changes to the PC at all.
What might the problem be? Shot hard disk? or Windows installation?
What I don't get is why it doesn't just fail to start Windowss, full
stop: how come it manages it eventually and then works OK?
Thanks
David
start up for no apparent reason, however I left it alone and it
eventually loaded windows OK and ran fine. Next day and today, same
thing happened. The delay (2-3 minutes?) happens after the PC has
booted, and while Windows is installing (during the initial 'black
screen' phase). There does seem to be some very minimal hard disk
activity going on during this time.
No, I haven't made any recent changes to the PC at all.
What might the problem be? Shot hard disk? or Windows installation?
What I don't get is why it doesn't just fail to start Windowss, full
stop: how come it manages it eventually and then works OK?
Thanks
David