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Boot Problem
Name: roy Date: October 8, 2002 at 18:19:42 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: PII-333mhz, 320 mb
Comment:
Hi
I just installed a 8 gig hard drive(not new but works fine) and when I restart it hangs at the splash screen. If I press some buttons on the keyboard I can eventually get to the desktop (hangs at various places in between) but little works including the mouse. When I shut down with the power button it starts up perfectly. Had this problem before with a different hard drive after Windows installation but problem was that PNP OS was set to no in Setup. Changed it to yes and it booted fine. Not in this case. Can someone help me with this very annoying problem? Thanks in advance.
Name: wawadave Date: October 8, 2002 at 18:36:51 Pacific
Reply:
hello if this hd was from anther computer with o/s allready on it you will need to make it reconize all the new hard ware in this computer to do so you need to delete the enum key in the registery. start,run,type regedit,hkey loacal machine,enum right click it chose delete. and reboot
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Response Number 2
Name: roy Date: October 8, 2002 at 19:08:00 Pacific
Reply:
Hi
It had an OS on it but I formatted it. Would this still need to be done?
roy
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Response Number 3
Name: smithdk Date: October 8, 2002 at 19:58:05 Pacific
Reply:
No. Are there any problems in device manager?
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Response Number 4
Name: roy Date: October 9, 2002 at 03:59:38 Pacific
Reply:
No
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Response Number 5
Name: smithdk Date: October 9, 2002 at 08:04:08 Pacific
Reply:
Does it always boot fine into safe mode? If so, you could try msconfig to disable any unneeded programs from loading on startup. This could be the culprit. Also have you tried to look at the bootlog.txt file when it has problems booting? That may also point out the problem.
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