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System hangs during startup
Name: sisuacha Date: December 1, 2004 at 13:06:10 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro and Debian CPU/Ram: AMD K7SEM 1.0, 192 MB SDR
Comment:
Hi there,
I have an AMD K7SEM 1.0 Mother board with 192 MB RAM, 40 GB Harddisk and Windows XP and Debian Linux, where Linux is floppy booted. I recently flashed my BIOS (AWARD BIOS) and later realised that there was actually no upgrade, i mean i had flashed the same info into the BIOS again. After this the computer hangs when i try to boot into windows XP, just before the windows XP logo appears. In case of Debian linux, it hangs after a file system check was run on the harddisk. I tried to reinstall windows XP, but the installation itself hangs when the message "starting windows" appears during installation. The same is the case even if i try to boot in safe mode or command prompt etc. But the system boots from a boot floppy and i'm able to access all the drives in the harddisk.
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