boot problems

[traumajohn]

Hi I have xp home on my HP laptop. it ran great until
today. now when I bootup it gets past post boot screen
the initial windows is loading screen flashes my desktop
then drops back to a blue background windows xp screen
not the famous windows blue screen but another one that
fits about half the page. i attempted safe mode it did
the same thing can't fully load into safe or xp. last
time i just did a windows repair with the cd and it
worked. I checked for viruses and spybots etc. none
found.I checked bios date and time it is correct. do you
have any other suggestions besides a repair?
thanks,
john

 

[Kelly]

Not sure......what the history is in your situation. That said,
suggestions:

Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308041&Product=winxp

How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
How to Use Clean Boot Troubleshooting for Windows XP
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_conflicts.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q307545

How to Disable a Service that Prevents Windows XP from Booting
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q244/9/05.asp

Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable to
Start Win XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm