XP startup problem

[Mike]

I have XP home SP2 on a 2.2 Ghz AMD 64 with 1G memory. On windows startup
the blue, sideways moving progress bar often, not always, stops. The
computer does nothing at this point. Restarting by pressing the reset button
brings up windows fine only after selecting "Run Windows Normally'" (or
something like that) from the screen that gives me the option to start in
safe mode.

I ran the Belarc Advisor and found this report for my hard drive: c: (FAT32
on drive 0).

My other computer is NTFS. Could that be the issue?

Thanks in advance.
Mike

 

[Plato]

I have XP home SP2 on a 2.2 Ghz AMD 64 with 1G memory. On windows startup
the blue, sideways moving progress bar often, not always, stops. The
computer does nothing at this point. Restarting by pressing the reset button
brings up windows fine only after selecting "Run Windows Normally'" (or
something like that) from the screen that gives me the option to start in
safe mode.

I ran the Belarc Advisor and found this report for my hard drive: c: (FAT32
on drive 0).

My other computer is NTFS. Could that be the issue?

No, FAT32 is NOT the issue.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, the file system isn't the problem. Freezing, especially cold-boot
freezing, often indicates a hardware issue. You may want to start by check
the physical memory (ram). There are free programs here:

http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Mike

No. The way the drive is formatted is not the problem.

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Report in the System log
over the last 2 days and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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