Why can't i start up normally?

ctstalin SG

My cousin just gave me her old com, running on XP home edition.

Whenever i on it, it will reach a screen which has some options on how to start windows. Eg. Safe mode, Safemode with networkin and normally.

However, whenever i chose to start normally, the com stops loading after the wndows xp loading page

Have no problem on safe mode though, what the f shld i do? Crying or Very sad

StarPuppy SG

u scan for virus and spyware yet?

thoreldan SG

go for a format + re-installation since it's 1st day of 2007...

everything must be fresh Laughing

gingerbreadman SG

HEY I GOT EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY OTHER PC TOO!!

i tried a repair with the window cd but also no use.. someone pls advise!!
Sad

ctstalin SG

my cousin still finding her recovery cd Laughing ...and yes i have done the scans already, no problem Confused

lpx88 SG

Should be corrupted system files. First step i suggest is get a XP Cd and repair the system files.Or if u wana deleter her contents in her com jus do a clean install.

M©+square SG

Clean install is a suggested method in my opinion.

Farmerseed SG

I usually encounter such problem due to an imporper shut down. If we can get the winXP CD to perform possible repair it will save lots of trouble having to format.

Usually when i am at the wit's end, formatting is what everyone can do coz it fixes 99.9 percent of all problems.

orionlight SG

As what other suggest go do a clean format, if still cannot, i suspect it might be that partition on that harddisk is failing liao.

gingerbreadman SG

for my case i cant even go into safe mode manz. computer self reboots upon reaching the xp loading page....

any solutions?
i tried a repair but no able to start still...

anyway i can retrieve my data inside?

lpx88 SG

o.O so u mean u want your cousin's data?

Then go get a Xp cd, put it into your disk drive immediately when u power up your com and the installation/repairing of system files should start.Unless the top ur boot priority as set in BIOS is not boot via CD drive

orionlight SG

could be RAM problem,try format again instead of reparing. dl and run memtest86 using a bootable floppy.If you want to recover your data, take out the harddisk and put into another com, set the jumpers(refer to your harddisk manual) to be the slave driver if your hardisk uses those IDE(long ribbon cables).then start transferring.

ctstalin SG

tink u mixed up my post with ginger's post Laughing

no i dun wan my cousin's data and that can be solved when i enter safe mode...

she found the recovery cd already but i gt no time to take from her, i dun tink it comes with a XP cd, can still repair the files?

ctstalin SG

no XP cd can use pirated one? Embarassed

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Blue part: This is a sign that Windows did not shut down properly and corrupted some files. This resulted in you can't load Windows in Normal Mode, most likely some important files for loading things normally.

Since Safe Mode isn't affected, you can try repairing XP. I did posted about reinstalling without reformatting here.

lpx88's solution will work too, but if it didn't, try the one I posted. This will restore all Windows files.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Recovery CD is used to recover the PC back to the default settings, so you can use the Recovery CD.

ctstalin SG

Thks for the advise...now i'm downloading XP while waiting for the recovery CD Twisted Evil .....whichever comes first then i try Laughing

Bittorrent is kind of slow man..... cant even hit 3.0 kbps when i'm using starhub Evil or Very Mad

gingerbreadman SG

hmm.. i have this option to go into safe mode too.. however same thing happens.. it reboot itself again once into the window xp loading page..

Guess mine is pretty serious... Crying or Very sad

ctstalin SG

yay...problem fixed using repair...thks to the ppl at this forum Smile

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Not serious enough to reformat. Mr. Green

This thread teaches you how to reinstall everything without reformatting the PC, thus no files will be lost. All Windows files will be replaced, and is always the last method if nothing works.

Try it and see if it works for you.