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This is on a computer that I built and have had XP working
on for a year so there shouldn't be any HW issues related
to this. (I think.)
My most recent problem with XP started after I made some
changes in the BIOS which caused the computer to not
boot. After correcting that I found that XP wouldn't boot
because of the hal.dll thing. I tried a bunch of stuff
from the KB to correct that with no success so I tried a
reformat/ reinstall of XP. The following scenario repeats
exactly the same no matter what I do. And I have done a
lot of things.
XP will install to the HD I choose (all four HDs are
visible) but after the initial reboot when XP will boot
for the first time from the HD the computer hangs with a
black screen and no error messages. From this point
forward the computer simply will not boot to XP.
After several attempts to remedy this I decided to make a
dual boot system. So I installed W2K on another HD. That
OS will boot up just fine and I can even install XP after
this and get the OS choice screen when the computer boots
up, but if I choose XP the above scenario repeats. I can
boot into safe mode and the list of services ends at
mup.sys which from what I have read is usually the last
service to load anyway so that seems to indicate that
something is hanging up as the computer is getting ready
to start.
I have installed XP on this computer a bunch of times and
I have never had something like this happen. Any ideas
anyone? Thanks for your time.
on for a year so there shouldn't be any HW issues related
to this. (I think.)
My most recent problem with XP started after I made some
changes in the BIOS which caused the computer to not
boot. After correcting that I found that XP wouldn't boot
because of the hal.dll thing. I tried a bunch of stuff
from the KB to correct that with no success so I tried a
reformat/ reinstall of XP. The following scenario repeats
exactly the same no matter what I do. And I have done a
lot of things.
XP will install to the HD I choose (all four HDs are
visible) but after the initial reboot when XP will boot
for the first time from the HD the computer hangs with a
black screen and no error messages. From this point
forward the computer simply will not boot to XP.
After several attempts to remedy this I decided to make a
dual boot system. So I installed W2K on another HD. That
OS will boot up just fine and I can even install XP after
this and get the OS choice screen when the computer boots
up, but if I choose XP the above scenario repeats. I can
boot into safe mode and the list of services ends at
mup.sys which from what I have read is usually the last
service to load anyway so that seems to indicate that
something is hanging up as the computer is getting ready
to start.
I have installed XP on this computer a bunch of times and
I have never had something like this happen. Any ideas
anyone? Thanks for your time.