This is Driving me CRAZY!!! I CANT BOOT INTO NORMAL WINDOWS!!!!

krncho

krncho

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This is so frustrating... I have Windows XP Home Edition, and I am having severe problems booting into the normal mode of Windows. And by normal, I mean not safe mode, but the normal mode. By the way, Safe Mode always works. It's just that I have to restart my computer like 15 times or more (t varies every single time...) to get into the normal booting mode. Now that makes me think that there is a problem within my Windows software, as in the drivers and stuff, but it boots up fine after like 5 million turn-on and turn-offs!!!! What the heck is going on!?!?!
 
For this type of problem to be seen one question can be asked here. Have you recently installed any new programs or drivers? The two best methods to used when Windows continually fails to load is the use of the system restore feature provided you have a good restore point to backclock the system to. Your other option for a problem that has lasted longer then the oldest restore point would be to preform a repair install on Windows.

Let's look at the first method before deciding. Since you are able to get into the Windows F8 boot options menu the "safe mode /command prompt only" option presents an opportunity to restore the system to an earlier date by entering the "
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe " and pressing the enter key. If you are stuck without restore points your last option before a full reinstallation of Windows is the repair install method provided in detail at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Fortunately there is one option that falls inbetween those two where you will still need the XP installation disk to run the system file checker utlity included in Windows since 98SE. With the disk in the cd or dvd drive you simply type "sfc /scannow" at the Run prompt and press enter. For a reference to all switches to use for this, http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/howto-24.html
 
Try this:
In safemode set /BASEVIDEO in the boot.ini file. You can access boot.ini file by typing msconfig in the Run window from start menu.
You can check /BOOTLOG as well and see the boot log later in the %SystemRoot%\Ntbtlog.txt
 
The other option that may see some chance(doubful but worth a try) at this point before a repair install(been used here for that on a few occasions) is to boot up with the installation disk to the recovery console. You have two options there. 1) use the Fixboot and Fixmbr commands. 2) startup the check disk utility to fix drive errors.

Chkdsk The /p switch runs Chkdsk even if the drive is not flagged as dirty. The /r switch locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. This switch implies /p. Chkdsk requires Autochk. Chkdsk automatically looks for Autochk.exe in the startup folder. If Chkdsk cannot find the file in the startup folder, it looks for the Windows 2000 Setup CD-ROM. If Chkdsk cannot find the installation CD-ROM, Chkdsk prompts the user for the location

For the boot configuration, Bootcfg modifies the Boot.ini file for boot configuration and recovery. The complete list of commands is seen at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307654
 
The main problem with the repair install method is the clutter on the existing partition. If it works well enough you have to consider the hangups when the old remaining drivers are still trying to be loaded. From repairs done here the video and sound drivers may or may not need to be reinstalled while drivers for the new board will. Plus you have to clean off the old stuff first. That includes the softwares like Catalyst for an ATI card or softwares for the old board for sound and such.

CCleaner and Regcleaner should be run if the repair goes well to remove now useless leftovers on the drive as well as in the system reg itself. You'll be surprised what will be there.
 
If it works well enough you have to consider the hangups when the old remaining drivers are still trying to be loaded.
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eh? windows doesn't load every possible driver for a device, it will load the drivers you specify not the "old remaining drivers". Now in the case of a repaired install it will revert back to windows default, but you can easily reinstall your drivers for sound card, video, and any mobo ones you want. There is no performance overhead at all.

From repairs done here the video and sound drivers may or may not need to be reinstalled while drivers for the new board will.
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what new board? he hasn't got a new board. His 3rd party drivers will all need to be reinstalled, but thats no biggy.
Oh and all the windows updates will need to be redownloaded (that can take a while)
CCleaner and Regcleaner should be run if the repair goes well to remove now useless leftovers on the drive as well as in the sy
sure you can do that and remove old entries, not that it makes much difference, a rough entry here and there is always better removed i suppose.
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That was meant for another thread there where someone has made a major swapout. must be long hour lately? me goofed. :(
 
PC eye said:
The main problem with the repair install method is the clutter on the existing partition. If it works well enough you have to consider the hangups when the old remaining drivers are still trying to be loaded. From repairs done here the video and sound drivers may or may not need to be reinstalled while drivers for the new board will. Plus you have to clean off the old stuff first. That includes the softwares like Catalyst for an ATI card or softwares for the old board for sound and such.

CCleaner and Regcleaner should be run if the repair goes well to remove now useless leftovers on the drive as well as in the system reg itself. You'll be surprised what will be there.
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Wait. So you're saying that it will reset/mess up the current partition settings if you do a repair installation? Just to tell you, I have dual boot, A Korean version of Windows XP Professional, and an English version of Windows XP Home edition.
 
That was for someone on another thread entirely that was essentially swapping out the board, cpu, video card, memory, and supply. There the idea of simply performing a repair with that much of a hardware swapout was equal to a new build entirely. On your system the repair install method would be recommended since that will preserve the current installation including the files, folders, and programs installed. The repair simply repairs/replaces the essential system files when they get corrupted or deleted somehow. You may have to reinstall video and sound drivers. Sometimes that's needed.
 
PC eye said:
That was for someone on another thread entirely that was essentially swapping out the board, cpu, video card, memory, and supply. There the idea of simply performing a repair with that much of a hardware swapout was equal to a new build entirely. On your system the repair install method would be recommended since that will preserve the current installation including the files, folders, and programs installed. The repair simply repairs/replaces the essential system files when they get corrupted or deleted somehow. You may have to reinstall video and sound drivers. Sometimes that's needed.
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Well I would like to do the repair install, but my computer was bought at a retail store, CompUSA. So that means that I only have a restore disk that I made with the software that came with my computer. I don't have the Windows XP separate disk. What would I do at this point?

P.S. I just restored both my Windows versions last week. It's only been like 3 days, and I am having boot problems like I described earlier.
 
How did you get two versions of Windows installed; one Kroean, one English if you don't have the installation disks? If someone at CompUSA installed the two versions of Windows for you; XP Pro(Korean), and XP Home(English) you should go back to who installed the two versions since they will have the installation disks. To perform even a boot to the recovery console to type in the "Fixmbr" and "Fixboot" commands to repair the boot sector or have it rewritten you still need the installation disk for each version.

For a repair install the original disk will have to be used. Your only other option is to buy your own installation disks OEM for a lower cost for each edition. You might have some fun and difficulty as well tracking down the Korean version depending on where you would buy it from.
 
if you can boot into safe mode with command prompt run this:

chkdsk C: /R

that will check your drive for errors and remove them. worked for me a few times.
 
If the problem is deeper into Windows the option for a manual startup of the system restore utility is a last dig hope without the installation disks. The check disk drive tool only goes so far in repairs mainly in the boot sector while not being able to repair and restore registry vaiues and system files that have been corrupted or removed somehow.
 
PC eye said:
How did you get two versions of Windows installed; one Kroean, one English if you don't have the installation disks? If someone at CompUSA installed the two versions of Windows for you; XP Pro(Korean), and XP Home(English) you should go back to who installed the two versions since they will have the installation disks. To perform even a boot to the recovery console to type in the "Fixmbr" and "Fixboot" commands to repair the boot sector or have it rewritten you still need the installation disk for each version.

For a repair install the original disk will have to be used. Your only other option is to buy your own installation disks OEM for a lower cost for each edition. You might have some fun and difficulty as well tracking down the Korean version depending on where you would buy it from.
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ooohhh I meant that I had the Korean version disk, but I didn't have the English version because my computer came with the English Windows XP. Its model number is VGC-RB43 from Sony. VAIO
 
If the restore disk is for repairing Windows it will have recovery labeled on it or go back to CompUSA and inform them that you are missing that. You should have seen that along with the software disk that comes included. The mistake many make when first buying a prebuilt system is not verifying that all disks and software disks that are supposed to be with it are there. If you just bought it in the last 30 days go back and inquire about this. They may give you one or have one requested.
 
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