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Boot Failure..System Halted
Name: Mikec Date: October 7, 2003 at 12:52:28 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: Pent 4 /256
Comment:
Whenever I restart my computer (Cold Boot ) I get the message Boot Failure..System Halted I have to turn the computer on and off sometimes 40 times till windows finaly starts ....If I reboot with the restart button I don`t get this problem any Ideas would be greatly apprecieated
Name: winipcfg Date: October 7, 2003 at 13:41:04 Pacific
Reply:
Hello, Check your BIOS settings and make sure that they are correct. A bad stick of ram could also cause this. Where exactly does your PC freeze? Can you get it to boot in safe mode?
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Response Number 2
Name: Mikec Date: October 7, 2003 at 13:50:21 Pacific
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When I push the start button the lites on the hard drive ,cd and cd writer come on the hard drive lite stays on ...about 30 seconds later the lites on the floppy ,cd ,and cd writer flash for a few seconds ...then I hear one beep and the message comes on Boot Failure..System Halted...can`t start in safe mode either ....
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Response Number 3
Name: wawadave Date: October 7, 2003 at 22:10:58 Pacific
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hello try this link m.e wont start http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/30687.html
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Summary: Hi, I have a problem with my hard drive, when I start the computer a Boot Failure: System Halted message appears, so if I try to find it I can't do it because in de BIOS program it doesn't appear at a...
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