Computer won't boot after removing wireless card

[Guest]

I am trying to upgrade my wireless network, but have encountered a problem,
as follows:

I had a Netgear 802.11g PCI wireless adapter (WG311) installed on my PC, but
I wasn't getting very good signal, so I removed the card. (I plan to
upgrade.) Now whenever I start up my PC it hangs during boot. (I didn't
remove the WG311 drivers before I removed and returned the card. Now I
cannot get the computer to boot to remove them.)

If I reset and start in SAFE mode it will boot all the way, no problem. If
I reset and start in SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING, it hangs. It hangs right
after displaying that it is loading the AGP440 driver. (I tried to disable
this driver, but that didn't have any effect.)

I called Netgear and they were no help: they said this is an OS problem
(since the adapter isn't installed.)

Please help, I am desperate because my computer is now dead in the water.

 

[Jim]

I am trying to upgrade my wireless network, but have encountered a problem,
as follows:

I had a Netgear 802.11g PCI wireless adapter (WG311) installed on my PC,
but
I wasn't getting very good signal, so I removed the card. (I plan to
upgrade.) Now whenever I start up my PC it hangs during boot. (I didn't
remove the WG311 drivers before I removed and returned the card. Now I
cannot get the computer to boot to remove them.)

If I reset and start in SAFE mode it will boot all the way, no problem.
If
I reset and start in SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING, it hangs. It hangs right
after displaying that it is loading the AGP440 driver. (I tried to
disable
this driver, but that didn't have any effect.)

I called Netgear and they were no help: they said this is an OS problem
(since the adapter isn't installed.)

Please help, I am desperate because my computer is now dead in the water.

Have you tried putting the card back in? It sounds like the software is
hung because it is looking for a response from the card. Well, the card
will never respond.

If reinstalling the card is successful, you should try removing the software
before removing the card.

Jim

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I am trying to upgrade my wireless network, but have encountered a problem,
as follows:

I had a Netgear 802.11g PCI wireless adapter (WG311) installed on my PC,
but
I wasn't getting very good signal, so I removed the card. (I plan to
upgrade.) Now whenever I start up my PC it hangs during boot. (I didn't
remove the WG311 drivers before I removed and returned the card. Now I
cannot get the computer to boot to remove them.)

If I reset and start in SAFE mode it will boot all the way, no problem.
If
I reset and start in SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING, it hangs. It hangs right
after displaying that it is loading the AGP440 driver. (I tried to
disable
this driver, but that didn't have any effect.)

I called Netgear and they were no help: they said this is an OS problem
(since the adapter isn't installed.)

Please help, I am desperate because my computer is now dead in the water.

From Safe Mode, uninstall the drivers. If that doesn't work, use msconfig
to locate the drivers and disable or remove them. Also, locate the
services and set them to Disabled. Once you can restart in regular mode,
you can delete these files and references.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

I've been playing with my system quite a bit and I believe it is possible
that my network boot files are corrupt. No matter what I do, the system
still hangs on startup (excpet in SAFE MODE WITHOUT NETWORKING). Is there a
way to just reinstall these files? Or can I reinstall Windows without over
writing all of my data files?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I've been playing with my system quite a bit and I believe it is possible
that my network boot files are corrupt. No matter what I do, the system
still hangs on startup (excpet in SAFE MODE WITHOUT NETWORKING). Is there
a
way to just reinstall these files? Or can I reinstall Windows without
over
writing all of my data files?

In Control Panel, Network COnnections, delete all the connections. In
Device Manager, delete the network cards. REstart the machine and all of
this will be re-detected and rebuilt.

HTH
-pk