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Booting trouble
Name: KingBrenes Date: November 20, 2002 at 10:11:06 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro. CPU/Ram: 1.7 GHz/512
Comment:
Hello, I have a problem when trying to boot my PC. It just gets stuck at the loading screen, with that little blue thing running from left to right. I have the latest bios, and have tried everything with the boot order. I have no idea what's causing this to happen. Does anyone know a solution? Thanks a million.
Name: WhoDunnit Date: November 20, 2002 at 10:21:59 Pacific
Reply:
Try pressing the ESC key at that screen to see if it shows the DOS screen with what is currently trying to load. If that doesnt work try booting into Safe Mode to see if that will let you in. Post back either way.
WhoDunnit
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Response Number 2
Name: KingBrenes Date: November 21, 2002 at 11:15:52 Pacific
Reply:
I pressed ESC and nothing happened; however it did go right to windows this time.
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