Boot-up problem in XP

[Guest]

When I boot up in XP Professional, the boot takes a long time and results in a big sign "Out of Range" followed by shut down and re-boot. When it continues, the sytem gives options of "safe Mode", "Safe mode with Networking " etc, and an option "Last known good configuration." No matter which is chosen, the boot up continues by displaying a screenfull of lines all of which look like:
multi(0)disc(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\*.sys
where the * stands for one of the many sys32 program on the screen.

This happened yesterday, 6/12/04, which we were on line with Eudora, a pop3 mail program, and did not downloan or open anything.

Please help, we need the computer for school program, especially this time of year.

Thank you
RSR
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[Rich Barry]

Did you wait long enough to allow it to boot to Safe Mode? I get the
screen full of lines when first booting
into Safe Mode and sometimes it takes a couple of minutes before XP
loads. Once there you have to
lower your Resolution and maybe Refresh rate.

When I boot up in XP Professional, the boot takes a long time and results

in a big sign "Out of Range" followed by shut down and re-boot. When it
continues, the sytem gives options of "safe Mode", "Safe mode with
Networking " etc, and an option "Last known good configuration." No matter
which is chosen, the boot up continues by displaying a screenfull of lines
all of which look like:

multi(0)disc(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\*.sys
where the * stands for one of the many sys32 program on the screen.

This happened yesterday, 6/12/04, which we were on line with Eudora, a

pop3 mail program, and did not downloan or open anything.

 

[Guest]

Rich, I waited for a list of modes to show up and tried each mode, including safe. It resuts in the same thing that I described in the original email. I still need help to figure out why it displays "out of range" and how to remedy the situation.
RSR