Windows xp loading freeze

Thread starter food7 Start date Dec 29, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Nov 1, Messages Well, I am trying to install xp on this good friend of mine's machine that took a dive last week. We replaced the motherboard, cpu, and memory.

And afterwords for about 3 days, it seemed to function ok. Then it just quit booting. I told him we would need to reinstall windows.

I was kind of shocked we did not have to in the first place. Anyways, So now I am trying to reinstall windows: I can get it to boot from the windows cd, it goes through the standard list of drivers, and at the end says, "setup is starting windows" Then it just hangs there indefinately.

Typically after this, you get to the screen that asks you if you want to install windows, then you hit f8 to agree to there stuff, then you get to partition ect. I mention these things so you will know what part I am talking about. I have tried a diferent disk, I have tried a windows home disk instead of pro, I have taken the drive out and tried a diferent drive, all with the same results Any advice on what I can do from here, would be greatly appreciated.

Joined Aug 17, Messages 17, It points to a deeper problem, possibly one of faulty RAM. Download and run the RAM test utility from a disk, available from www. Well, it passed the memory test just fine. Pretty much all new parts-memory, mobo, and cpu Any other ideas are totally welcome Joined Mar 5, Messages You might give it a try.

Improve this answer. The only things that could interfere with the boot process would be device drivers. Third party programs usually don't hook themselves there so removing startup programs very likely won't help. The question is whether "recovery mode" is Recovery Console or Safe mode.

My answer assumed it's Safe mode. However, if Safe mode doesn't work then the problem is inside Windows. In this case one can do a debug boot and maybe succeed in seeing on which driver it hangs. If not, repair install is the last resort before a full install. Today, when restarting my Windows Vista computer, the computer stopped working at the "Welcome"-screen.

The blue circle just spun on and on next to welcome. I booted in Safe-mode with networking and found an answer on the Internet.

The Windows Event Log service was the culprit. Geoffrey: Very interesting. If not, use System Restore to go back to a date prior to the beginning of the problem. Click the box that says Show more restore points. Open an administrator command prompt and run SFC if the above doesn't help. EXE and click Run as administrator.

Once in Event Viewer click on the system log and scroll through the entries looking for those flagged "error" to see if you can find hints as to where the problem could be. Good luck. I will try creating logical drives, or finding a cheap adapter card like I did for the Gateway, but freeze started before this drive was added. Looking forward to more production and less maintenance. Regarding these freezing XP PCs, I am just wondering when is the best time to decide it is time to "punt" and either get rid of a PC or upgrade from the motherboard on up?

There doesn't seem to be a definitive way to determine the motherboard problem until you have exhausted every other possibility. VirtualCowboy hi, to answer your last question, it depends on a few factors. Cost, What are your needs, business, gaming, downloading music, hobby. From all I have read you have practically replaced your entire system less the Mobo.

If you replace your mobo you will have to do a new install and you will never know what your real problem is on your current system. You might get a message about having to restart your system "DO IT". You will get a message to restart "DO IT" post back your results:. Hi germ-x, and thank you for the advice.