WINNT 4 freezes log on mouse on boot up after installing service pack 6. I have it on my HP omninotebook 4150 ako ito wala ng iba

"freezes log on mouse on boot" Not sure i understand that. Did you try the last known good / Spacebar ? Too bad about sp6a. Maybe try sp5. Best

Thank you very much I mean, I have winnt 4.0 service pack 4 installed at my HP omnibook 4150, I upgrade to sp 6, when I re boot, after I click to log on the system freezes. I have tried to boot with suver vga and still gets the same results. I can not afford to lose the data I had in my ntfs drive so I cannot just re-install winnt. If I switched and install win 2000 can I preserve the partitions and my data in my ntfs drive? ako ito wala ng iba

In the worst case... just install NT again - to a separate folder (i.e. create a dual-boot NT/NT); and stay at SP4 level... Then backup data (off the system) and start afresh? A upgrade to W2K "should" preserve all current settings etc.... but it would be wise to backup data first... W2K will convert any ntfs4 areas it finds to ntfs5; these are not accessible via NT4 - unless you have SP4 or lter installed to the NT installation attempting to access it. What happens if you boot to NT "safe-mode" (VGA)? Any input from HP support re' SP6 issues; likewise M$ KB?

Thank you very much. I will try your advice and will get back to you soon, one last question before I do this, Which is the better and stable system nothwithstanding as to its version, is it winnt 4 or win2000 ako ito wala ng iba

NT4 was OK for its time; many folks are still runnng it and happily so. We have NT/W2K/XP systems where I work - all are quite happy... W2K is now generally considered to be better overall - now that "most" of the bugs etc." have been ironed out. W2K does have the benefits of USB support, fat16/fat32/ntfs support (no "easy"/default support for fat32 in NT4), plug 'n play (pray) support. I would not advise going for an upgrade of curent system to W2K - if that system is not working properly before hand. You could end up losing it all - and have to start afresh... W2K does require specfic drivers for all the usual bits 'n pieces; does require more RAM - preferably 128Meg min (and good/matched specs etc.). Also before going an upgrade route - back up all data first off the drive or at least to a separate partition (or physical drive). And also run the W2K chkupgrd.exe util to vet the (working) system for what's OK/what's needed to allow W2K to run etc. Fix the curent NT first; or go for a W2K clean-install. This clean-install could be alongside current NT installation; or to a separate partition/logical-drive; or, after a reformat of current NT partition, to the current NT partition. Remember too that W2K will forcibly convert any ntfs4 areas it finds to ntfs5; yiou have no say in the matter. If you were to retain NT alongside W2K ( a dual-boot) then NT must haveSXP4 or later installed - prior to arrival of W"K - otherwise no NT access to it former ntfs4 areas... And again if moving to W2K - back up data first - if at all possible (even via another working NT system if need-be)...

Wow you really know the system, thank you very much, Now I believe I am confident that I can do what is necessary than before, I will inform you later as soon as I am done Good day :-) ako ito wala ng iba