Windows not working

lee101

lee101

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A couple of hours ago i turned my pc on, everything happenedas usual,i chose to boot from xp pro, i logged in and then it started loading everything up, but then 10-20seconds later it just froze, the HDD activity LED stayed on but everything else stopped, the mouse wouldn't move and no keyboard shortcuts worked.
At first i assumed it was just a one off thing but i have restarted multiple times and nothing has happened, i tried booting into vista (the other os installed) and everuthing worked fine, so it ried xp again but it just sn't working, so now i have got rid fo vista, installed xp so it is dual boot with 2 copys of xp and been trying to get it working.
I hope the answer to this isn't to format the HDD as i have about 40 gigs of documents, but no where to put them (seriously no where, the only other largish hard drive i have is 30 gig not formatted, and that is in use in a laptop, and i only have 3 dvd's, or 20 cd's)
 
fade2green514

fade2green514

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try putting it in another system, yours or someone elses. thats a tough problem, id say try another installation on there, but u said u tried that... if that doesnt work then i dono what to tell you except put it in another comp that works.
Jiffyman said:
You could try doing a repair.
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that rarely works... ive tried. i guess its worth a try though, you need to boot from windows xp cd in order to do that, so you know.
 
lee101

lee101

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i tried a repair, but the option wasn't there on my windows cd, so that didn't work, and when i have done a repair before it just left me with fresh windows install basically, it left everything there but all the shortcuts were gone
it seems like i am having to do a fresh install, now i just have to get an external hdd :D, anyone know ony good ones, preferably with network connection
 
Antiodontalgic

Antiodontalgic

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What was the last thing you installed?

Sometimes if something isnt WHQL Verified it will keep locking up your windows or cause memory dumps.

So.. if you got a new driver for your video card or what ever try to uninstall before it freezes

(It happened to me before)
 
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lee101

lee101

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hmm, last thing i installed, i think that would be the wifi card, which has been in there since the beginning of jan now, and i installed that with the latest drivers from the net, but before that it was a brand new build so everything went in at once, i can't even start in safe mode
 
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ckfordy

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lee101 said:
i can't boot into safe mode, it is shift that you press [repeatedly] isn't it?
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go to start, run, type msconfig, go to the boot tab and go down to boot options and check safeboot and that should get you into safemode.
 
lee101

lee101

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Yay, i fixed it, got into safe mode and stopped a few things at a time, it turned out that windows Live messenger BETA was just freezing everything, thanks for the help everyone!
and now i know how to start in safe mode :p
edit: right, now i want to stop the dual boot thing, do i just format the partition with the second os? i don't want to rush into anything and start breaking something else
 
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