Windows won't finish booting

[amber]

Hello,
I have an older PC running XP Pro.
It won't finish booting.
It freezes up after the initial Windows screen, and sticks on a black screen.
I can boot into safe mode.
I tried setting to scan disk on boot, and now it freezes on that (after "The
type of the file system is FAT32" - it never goes any further).

I ran a memory test, and came up with no errors.
I ran a chkdsk after booting to the XP disk.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Amber

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Try Last Known Good Configuration from the Advanced Boot Options menu.

 

[amber]

Thanks for the reply.
Tried Last Known Good Configuration - same result - freezes on black screen.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Disconnect all but essential peripherals, reseat the memory and video cards,
and check all connections. Check to see if there is a cd still in the drive
(and check the floppy drive if you have one).