Hello-

Out of the blue my copy of windows xp pro will no longer boot. At the xp loading screen where there's the bar along the bottom that scrolls as the OS loads, it freezes (the bar simply stops moving) and it doesnt do anything from there. I cant start safe mode and the reinstall CD doesnt seem to load.

Is there anything i can possibly do? What could be the issue?

Thanks!

HighTimes

Taiwan342 Posts

January 11 2010 05:44 GMT

AzureEye

United States1360 Posts

January 11 2010 05:46 GMT

On January 11 2010 14:44 HighTimes wrote:

you have too much time on your hands

SanguineToss

Canada815 Posts

January 11 2010 05:47 GMT

On January 11 2010 14:46 AzureEye wrote:

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you have too much time on your hands

i know really rofl

Polar_Nada

United States1548 Posts

January 11 2010 06:01 GMT

On January 11 2010 14:44 HighTimes wrote:

zomg i read "Compare ass..." -___-

illu

Canada2531 Posts

January 11 2010 06:10 GMT

On January 11 2010 15:01 Polar_Nada wrote:

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zomg i read "Compare ass..." -___-

Fact that it is written by "NastyMarine" does not help either.

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

January 11 2010 06:24 GMT

fact that there are five replies and none of them are related to thread :o

HwangjaeTerran

Finland5967 Posts

January 11 2010 07:09 GMT

Did you remember to change the boot drive to cd/dvd ?
Just checking....

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

January 11 2010 07:19 GMT

i cant do anything. it just freezes once it reaches a certain point of the loading screen/bar.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

January 11 2010 07:30 GMT

#10

try safe mode?

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

January 11 2010 07:37 GMT

#11

I cant get to safe mode. It automatically freezes.

Methos

United States206 Posts

January 11 2010 07:37 GMT

#12

maybe the reinstall CD won't load because you didn't set the BIOS to boot from disk as the first priority

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 11 2010 07:40 GMT

#13

Go into BIOS and make sure Harddrive setting is set to Compatible or IDE. NOT SATA or AHCI.

Empyrean

17076 Posts

January 11 2010 07:41 GMT

#14

I have a computer issue too, but it's kind of weird.

Basically as soon as I put my computer into sleep mode, it unsleeps. If I put down the cover, it unsleeps as well, even if it was put into sleep mode before I put down the cover. It's really annoying :/

Anyone know what's up? It's a Thinkpad T61.

HwangjaeTerran

Finland5967 Posts

January 11 2010 07:46 GMT

#15

On January 11 2010 16:19 NastyMarine wrote:
i cant do anything. it just freezes once it reaches a certain point of the loading screen/bar.

You don´t have to go to OS to set the boot drive to CD. Just spam F8 when you startup your comp.

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 11 2010 08:03 GMT

#16

It depends what type of computer it is. It can be one of the following

DEL, ESC, F2, F8, F10, or F12.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

January 11 2010 08:04 GMT

#17

On January 11 2010 16:41 Empyrean wrote:
I have a computer issue too, but it's kind of weird.

Basically as soon as I put my computer into sleep mode, it unsleeps. If I put down the cover, it unsleeps as well, even if it was put into sleep mode before I put down the cover. It's really annoying :/

Anyone know what's up? It's a Thinkpad T61.

look in the Power Options (in Control Panel)

GrayArea

United States872 Posts

January 11 2010 08:11 GMT

#18

I had this same problem last week. When I turn on the computer, it goes to the windows XP screen where its all blue but instead of loading and going to the desktop it just froze. So I had to reformat my computer. Didn't even get to backup my files and I couldn't get into safemode either.

Empyrean

17076 Posts

January 11 2010 18:26 GMT

#19

On January 11 2010 17:04 blabber wrote:

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look in the Power Options (in Control Panel)

Yeah I already have. Nothing works :/

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

January 11 2010 18:26 GMT

#20

I cant spam F8 or F12. It just brings up the screen that freezes. It doesnt display the prompt for the options at startup. What can I do? New harddrive?

blabber

United States4448 Posts

January 12 2010 20:34 GMT

#21

On January 12 2010 03:26 NastyMarine wrote:
I cant spam F8 or F12. It just brings up the screen that freezes. It doesnt display the prompt for the options at startup. What can I do? New harddrive?

this is before windows even tries to load. Try pressing DEL

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

January 12 2010 20:41 GMT

#22

this used to happen when I had my ipod plugged in until they fixed it. Unplug all peripherals and remove any disks.

Amarxist

United States371 Posts

January 12 2010 20:54 GMT

#23

I believe you issue is that your windows can no longer can boot, requiring a format and a reinstall.

In your bios will be a option to boot from CD. Place your windows XP cd in the cd-rom. Before windows even attempts to load your computer will prompt you to hit a key to boot from CD-Rom. This will start the reinstall process that brings you to a blue and yellow screen. It's very basic looking.

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

January 13 2010 02:39 GMT

#24

On the bottom it says BIOS Revision: 1.1.0 on the loading screen. the bar freezes at like 1/4 of the way through. There aren't any prompts for Safe mode ETC. (F12. F8, F2). It also isn't booting from CD for some reason.

Any ideas? Am I missing something?

Malongo

Chile3472 Posts

January 13 2010 03:33 GMT

#25

Is it a PC or laptop? if PC try opening the case and checking that the hardware is plugged. If you can open the BIOS maybe you can get a hint about whats wrong. Dont remember if the bios is f8/f10 or del at the beggining but it should open before win starts loading.