Windows XP Professional boot-up problem

[turkishjim]

Can anyone help with an extremely annoying problem? I have a recently
purchased PC (Athlon XP 2800+, MSI KT4 Ultra mobo, 1 Gb DDR 333, brand
new Western Digital 160 Gb HD, Nvidia TI4200) running XP Professional
which I have just re-installed on the new HD. Boot-up is now
problematical: sometimes it goes straight into Windows, more often it
cycles between 2 and 5 times then gives a screen with ‘Safe Mode',
‘Normal' and ‘Last Good Configuration' options. Occasionally ‘normal'
works, occasionally ‘last good configuration' works, but usually I end
up going into safe mode, looking at System Information in a vain
attempt to see what the problem is, then going through the whole
process again. It recently took me 3 hours to get a normal boot, and
it is driving me insane!

 

[Malke]

Can anyone help with an extremely annoying problem? I have a recently
purchased PC (Athlon XP 2800+, MSI KT4 Ultra mobo, 1 Gb DDR 333, brand
new Western Digital 160 Gb HD, Nvidia TI4200) running XP Professional
which I have just re-installed on the new HD. Boot-up is now
problematical: sometimes it goes straight into Windows, more often it
cycles between 2 and 5 times then gives a screen with ‘Safe Mode',
‘Normal' and ‘Last Good Configuration' options. Occasionally ‘normal'
works, occasionally ‘last good configuration' works, but usually I end
up going into safe mode, looking at System Information in a vain
attempt to see what the problem is, then going through the whole
process again. It recently took me 3 hours to get a normal boot, and
it is driving me insane!

Sounds like bad hardware. Do a RAM test with something like Memtest86
(www.memtest86.com) and/or a hard drive test with a utility from the
drive mftr. Doesn't matter if the hardware is new - new can still fail.

Post back if you need more help.

Malke