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03-01-2005, 03:37 PM
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A problem with XP home
Hey all. Im having a problem with my pc. I restarted it by holding
down the power button, and restarted it that way. I pressed the option of starting windows normally and it showed the status bar, but after that it just stood that at screen, I waited for 30 min but nothing. Any ideas what this could mean? Bios is detecting my HDD, and Iv tried configuring it to where it was set 1st boot device and even tried second boot device, that dident work. Any and all help will be greatfull 
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03-01-2005, 03:46 PM
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First thing I would do is replace the IDE or SATA cable.
If that doesn't fix the problem, go to the Western Digital web site and download the diagnostic utilites to test the drive with. I came across 5 or 6 bad WD 80GB SE IDE HDDs last year. Cricket
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03-01-2005, 04:02 PM
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That windows status bar is way past BIOS detection of IDE devices. From my experience with winXP, hanging at that status bar is usually driver problems, or missing/corrupt system files. Try again and try last known good configuration, and if that doesn't work than try again and hit safe mode. Let us know how it goes. If you choose bootlogg also you'll see what driver file it is hanging at.
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03-01-2005, 04:11 PM
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03-01-2005, 04:41 PM
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OK, when those alternative boot options do not work, than an XP repair installation will probably fix U. Boot from XP CD and choose options to install XP. not repair console, and keep going and it will ask you at one point if you just want to repair the existing XP installation, choose yes and it will Fix it and you won't loose any programs or files. Unless U have something faulty in actual hardware, like harddrive or vid card, or memory that are actually defective at the hardware level, then repair installation will not fix U, but won't hurt to try at this point. If this is a storebought PC that only has a recovery disk, than you can run that or take it back to the staore and that is probably what they will do, but I think you loose you programs and saved files with a restore disk..
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