Windows XP hangs during start up

[ArcheryMonkey75]

I have just recently taken apart my laptop and put it back together as a
demonstration for a group of people. When I put it back together, it now
takes a long time to boot up. After the "Windows XP" screen is displayed
during startup, the screen goes black for over a minute. I cannot figure out
why this is happening; I have even reassembled the computer and it still
happens. I believe this is caused by a driver error since all of the
components were disconnected. I have disabled the USB ports with Device
Manager, but that did not do it. How can I figure out what is causing this
hang up?

Please email me back.

Thank you,
(e-mail address removed).(donotspam)

 

[Leonard Grey]

Wasn't a very successful demonstration.
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[nass]

I have just recently taken apart my laptop and put it back together as a
demonstration for a group of people. When I put it back together, it now
takes a long time to boot up. After the "Windows XP" screen is displayed
during startup, the screen goes black for over a minute. I cannot figure out
why this is happening; I have even reassembled the computer and it still
happens. I believe this is caused by a driver error since all of the
components were disconnected. I have disabled the USB ports with Device
Manager, but that did not do it. How can I figure out what is causing this
hang up?

Please email me back.

Thank you,
(e-mail address removed).(donotspam)

I Agree with Leo it wasn't Successful Demo!
You may be fried a component (ESD) or when you resemble the Laptop you
didn't put thing the right way!
Either try System Restore to before the Demo or Try to check the event
viewer for error messages that can tell what gone wrong.
HTH,
nass

 

[ArcheryMonkey75]

Haha, yes, I was quite annoyed while I stood in front of the group waiting
for it to boot up.

I will try System Restore and check the event viewer, I didn't think of that.

Thanks

 

[Swifty]

Haha, yes, I was quite annoyed while I stood in front of the group waiting
for it to boot up.

Unexpected hangs during boot are frequently caused by attempts to
re-establish network connections. Did you unplug your network?
"Net use" in a command prompt might show you.

 

[ArcheryMonkey75]

No, the laptop is not used on my network.

 

[ArcheryMonkey75]

I tried system restore, and it did not work. I tried multiple restore points
and eah time I got an "Incomplete" message. Then I checked the Even Viewer
and I see that every time the computer turns on, it comes up with 20
identical errors about a bad block on the hard drive...the Help and Support
Center says that this happens when Windows is trying to read the bad block
and that the only remedy is to replace the hard drive. Do you think this is
due to taking the hard drive out of the laptop or is this just a coincidence?

 

[Swifty]

Do you think this is due to taking the hard drive out of the laptop
or is this just a coincidence?

Everything that ever failed did so at a time that looked like a
coincidence to someone, so it is entirely possible. On the other hand,
if you removed power while the disk was spinning, or worse gave it a
shock, or a sharp twist while it was spinning, then it is likely that
the heads may have crashed on the disk surface, causing one or more bad
blocks. Laptop drives have to be fairly resistant to this sort of
problem due to the nature of their use, but there are limits.

If the problem centres on one block, and you can find which file
contains that block, then you could rename that file, then recover a
copy of it from a backup. That would leave the bad block safely inside a
now unused file. There are more sophisticated ways of handling such
problems, and just one bad block doesn't render a drive useless.

You'd be well advised to run some sort of surface test though, to be
sure of the exact extent of the problem.

 

[ArcheryMonkey75]

How can I find which file(s) is stored on that block?

 

[nass]

How can I find which file(s) is stored on that block?

First try to Run the diagnostic tools from the laptop manufacturer to test
the health of the HDD and if repairable or not.
Run the Check disk option on Start up to repair the bad Bits/sectors.
HTH,
nass