XP does not load up, Help

Tinuel

All,

The XP does not load up on normal mode. It gets to the XP screen with the blue bar moving, but nothing happens afterwards. It just stays on that screen.

I have reinstalled XP again, but the problem is still the same, even with this new version!!!
What could be the problem? Is it on BIOS?

Many thanks,

Cricri

Do you get any hard drive activity? How long did you leave it run before giving up?

Tinuel

Cricri,

25 minutes on average and no joy!

It boots up ok on safe mode, only happens on normal mode.

Browntoa

that indicates a driver problems, safe mode does not load them

try unplugging ALL external items like printer etc and turning it on

then try removing graphics cards , sound cards etc from hardware manager then seeing if it loads (the drivers will not install until the boot is complete and the "new hardware detected" kicks in

Cricri

Did you check the event log?
In safe mode, do Windows+R to get the run window, then enter "compmgmt.msc" (without quotes). There's the event log somewhere, look up for yellow and red. I can't be more accurate because I'm using a computer setup by administration rights Nazis.