XP Hangs at Startup

[Tony]

I have XP Home Edition. About 50% of the time, it will
get to the screen where the green rollbar is moving, then
it just stops and hangs. If I use the reset process,
then restart, it boots just fine. I can't find an error
message.

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Venkatesh]

Howdy,

Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in Windows
XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308041

Venkatesh [MCSD][CCNA]