Ron
Sat Nov 26 19:07:53 CST 2005
"KenP" <KenP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.
>
>I have WinMe Compaq PC. It boots to where icons would be but none appear and
>the hour glass never goes away. I've removed all expansion cards and
>disconnected the floppy drive, the CD-ROM, etc. and no change. It will not
>boot in Safe Mode without stopping at the same place. I've tried step-by-step
>config without load registry, loading win drivers and no change.
>
>Does anyone have a clue as to what I can do to try to get it to boot or what
>I should do at this point?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>KP
Shane has given you some pretty good suggestions.
Another approach you might try is to create a bootlog.
Bring up the Startup Menu, just as you do for Safe Mode, and choose
the "Logged - Bootlog.txt" option.
After it has "hung up" reboot the computer using a startup diskette.
Copy the file c:\bootlog.txt to a diskette.
On a functioning computer download the Bootlog Analyzer from
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/pk29/ and run it to anlyze
the bootlog for errors. You could also open the bootlog file using
Notepad and look at the contents. The last dozen lines or so should
tell you exactly where in the startup process the hangup is occurring
and that could help identify the actual cause.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca