Windows Does Not Startup

[Bill Starbuck]

You can try to repair WindowsXP.

After turning on the computer, press F12 a few times. This should give
you a menu that includes booting from the CD-ROM.Put the WinXP CD-ROM
into the drive and choose the option to boot from the CD-ROM. Then you
will have to be alert and press any key shortly thereafter -- when you
see a message asking whether you really do want to boot from the
CD-ROM.

The boot should take you to a list, on which the second option is to
press "R" to initiate a repair. You will next get a screen asking you
to specify which Windows installation you want. Chances are that you
have only one, so type "1" and press Enter. At the next DOS prompt,
enter
chkdsk /r
This initiates a repair. First, the system runs a chkdsk of the entire
harddisk, and then it restarts ar 50% and checks the Windows system
files.


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Nicholas]

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time
Correct your erroneous time and repost your question.

--
Nicholas

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| When I start up windows XP, the boot logo appears (the windows logo with the
| moving blue bars underneath it), but once that dissappears, the screen goes
| blank and nothing happens. I have tried loading safe mode, but that gets to
| the line where mup.sys is loaded, then also hangs.
|
| So I can't get win XP to load in any form, and I have tried replacing
| mup.sys and also kernel32.dll, but these haven't done anything for me. It
| occured because I uninstalled service pack 1, and a few other windows
| updates (don't ask why, I'm not sure yet!)
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Graeme

 

[Bareill]

When I start up windows XP, the boot logo appears (the windows logo with the
moving blue bars underneath it), but once that dissappears, the screen goes
blank and nothing happens. I have tried loading safe mode, but that gets to
the line where mup.sys is loaded, then also hangs.

So I can't get win XP to load in any form, and I have tried replacing
mup.sys and also kernel32.dll, but these haven't done anything for me. It
occured because I uninstalled service pack 1, and a few other windows
updates (don't ask why, I'm not sure yet!)

Any suggestions?

Graeme

There is plenty on it here...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...tartup+stops+at+mup.sys+is+loaded&sa=N&tab=wg
The first post offers a fix by Ron Martell

 

[Matthew Shaw]

Firstly, it's not a good idea to crosspost (posting the same thing in more
than one newsgroup) unless you have a very good reason and some of the
servers in which you have posted to are unrelated to your problem. Secondly,
correct your date and time as it is set into the future, this will cause
your post to appear ontop of all of the others, annoy people and cause them
to block your posting, thus no one will want to help you. Now to the real
issue:

I had a similar problem when I installed my leadtek GF4 but was able to go
into safe mode. This was found in my archives, it is a post that may help
but I'm not sure who wrote it:

MUP.SYS is Microsoft's Multiple UNC Provider. This handles UNC requests, so
my guess is the problem is in a network driver, or the MUP.SYS message is
bogus.

"Try disabling every possible peripheral in your BIOS setup. This includes
ethernet, serial ports, printer port, USB, floppy, and anything else the is
not necessary during setup. If your hard drive and CD-ROM are both on the
primary IDE channel, disable the secondary channel as well. This will limit
any potential conflicts."

The guy seemed to think that it is a network driver issue.

Hope this helps


Matthew Shaw



Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time
Correct your erroneous time and repost your question.

--
Nicholas

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| When I start up windows XP, the boot logo appears (the windows logo with
the
| moving blue bars underneath it), but once that dissappears, the screen
goes
| blank and nothing happens. I have tried loading safe mode, but that gets
to
| the line where mup.sys is loaded, then also hangs.
|
| So I can't get win XP to load in any form, and I have tried replacing
| mup.sys and also kernel32.dll, but these haven't done anything for me. It
| occured because I uninstalled service pack 1, and a few other windows
| updates (don't ask why, I'm not sure yet!)
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Graeme

 

[Mike Matheny]

No offense, Matthew, but you just crossposted your reply about not
crossposting!

 

[philip ashley]

have you tried taking out any pci cards installed in your computer and see
if it boots normally then? (usb2 card for example?)

philip ashley

 

[Graeme]

When I start up windows XP, the boot logo appears (the windows logo with the
moving blue bars underneath it), but once that dissappears, the screen goes
blank and nothing happens. I have tried loading safe mode, but that gets to
the line where mup.sys is loaded, then also hangs.

So I can't get win XP to load in any form, and I have tried replacing
mup.sys and also kernel32.dll, but these haven't done anything for me. It
occured because I uninstalled service pack 1, and a few other windows
updates (don't ask why, I'm not sure yet!)

Any suggestions?

Graeme

 

[Graeme]

Hi, thanks for that.

Is there any way that this repair can be carried out from the floppy drive,
as my CD drives aren't bootable, so I need to either boot off a floppy or
windows.

Thanks,
Graeme