Frozen when booting up

[jhirst]

I have a PC that freezes when starting up with the power button. About 5 out of 6 times the PC will freeze as soon as it gets to the Log on screen. After 5 or so times it will boot up ok and then it will work with no problems at all. If I restart the system there are no problems at all. It is only when I switch it on with the power button. Anyone have any ideas?


Windows 2000.
Athlon XP 1800
512MB Generic RAM
60GB IDE
Motherboard??? - No Markings

[puccini]

Have you checked your error log and looked in event viewer? Please post what they say, so we can get a better idea of what's causing the problem.

[velkropie]

i think you press the ctrl key and f8 in order for the menu to show bootlog option...

/BOOTLOG - This option tells Windows XP to log everything it does during the boot process to the c:\windows\ntbtlog.txt file. This can be useful for diagnosing startup problems by seeing exactly where the boot process is hanging.

open and read the file, it should help you

[jhirst]

I will try the bootlog. I cant get at the system at the moment but I will post my findings. Thanks

[jhirst]

The bootlog didnt contain anything to suggest a crash, although I will definitely be using the bootlog in the future.
I found an error in the event viewer, id 7, cdrom (has a bad block). I have removed the cd drive and I will test the pc for a while. Hopefully that was the problem. Thanks