Well, this problem originally started (the black screen) while Windows was already booted and I had a normal desktop. When I clicked on the Firefox icon, the screen went black, never to be revived again. And somehow my boot.ini was missing. It's just weird. I will try to give it some time though. Heck, that would sure be the 'easy' (temporary) fix. :)
Yes, you can disable the startup of some of your programs in msconfig. I think I've heard it's better to do it through the configuration of the actual program though. You can also remove some from the startup folder. I have done all this. Some of those pesky things don't give you any way to disable other than through msconfig. I've now discovered that when I run Advanced Window Care (free Microsoft download) it does a 'Startup' scan as part of it's scan, then shows a list of your questionable and non-questionable startup items. You can then check the ones you want to disable, ignore, or mark as trusted. It's a pretty good little program. It performs the following scans: Spyware Removal, Security Defense, Registry Fix, System Optimization, Startup Manage, Privacy Sweep, and Junk Files Clean. Diane --- In [email protected], Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This probably is too simplistic but I had/have this problem. The Windows > page came up and then black screen. I finally realized when I walked away > that it was just taking forever to come up and finally it did and things > were okay. I am assuming I have too many programs that start up. It won't > hurt to turn things on and walk away for a while and see if this might be > your problem. > > I've been so busy and haven't taken the time to rectify this. For one > reason I had forgotten how to do it but believe I have to run msconfig and > then eliminate some of the start up programs. Any tips on the best way to > do this? > > Holly > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM, pekoe4849 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Cathy, > > > > I tried to boot with my Partitian Magic but no go. I had created > > emergency boot disks (floppies) with Partitian Magic, but my floppy > > drive will not read disksDevice Manager says it's working, but it's > > not. Safe Mode didn't work when I got there, so I couldn't access the > > CD drive. Actually, duh, I only just now thought of it, if I could get > > from the C:\WINDOWS> prompt to the C:\ prompt (which I did) I guess I > > could have just as easily made that "c" a "d". NOW, I think of it! :) > > > > Thanks, > > Diane > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cathy kelley > > <crazzeecathy@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was locked out of my system years ago & my friend came over(this > > is way before I knew anything about pc's) & she partitioned of my hd & > > installed XP in another partitian & was able to get into the other > > side that had locked up & get my info.Once we were done we put > > everything on cd's & reinstalled into one OS. > > > If you think this might help I can find out exactly what she did for > > you.Let me know. > > > Cathy > > > > > > > > > "We are each Angels with only one wing & can only fly by embracing > > one another..." > > > > > > --- On Thu, 9/18/08, pekoe4849 <pekoe4849@> wrote: > > > > > > From: pekoe4849 <pekoe4849@> > > > Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Help! Windows won't boot! > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:22 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Ray. I found the Ubuntu LiveCd iso, but it is taking three > > > hours to download. I hope it gets done before I leave work today. :) > > > > > > D. > > > > > > --- In A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com, Ray Parrish <crp@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > If you can get your hands on a Ubuntu Live CD, I believe it has the > > > > tools on it to burn CDs so you could boot from the Ubuntu Live CD and > > > > access your data on the C drive and burn it to CD. > > > > > > > > You can download and burn an .iso of the Ubuntu Live CD from here: > > > > > > > > http://www.ubuntu. com > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, Ray Parrish > > > > > > > > pekoe4849 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have another hard drive that I could use I suppose, but I'd > > have to > > > > > format it wouldn't I? There's not enough room on it for Windows and > > > > > the files that are already there. I hate to lose some of them, > > but not > > > > > as much as the ones that are on C. > > > > > > > > > > Man I'm getting frustrated. If I ever get this fixed I'm going > > to have > > > > > to seriously rethink how I have this whole thing set up. > > > > > > > > > > I know about those 'techs'. It hasn't been that long ago since I > > > > > bought this computer from one who 'built' it for me. I could have > > > > > built it myself for half as much (I've done it before), but did I? > > > > > Nooooooooo. > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > > > --- In A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com > > > > > <mailto:A-1- Computer_ Tech%40yahoogrou ps.com>, jpurcell > > <jpurcell@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Diane, > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wish I'd done that this time because I don't want to lose the > > > > > > > data that's going > > > > > > > to be lost if I have to reinstall Windows. :( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect that if someone doesn't come up with a solution to your > > > > > > problem you may need to get professional help. And if you go that > > > > > > route be very careful, there are a lot of people out there who > > > > > > masquerade as computer techs who are NOT. Before you let a tech do > > > > > > anything, make him tell you what he will do and whether he is > > > certain > > > > > > that it will work. > > > > > > > > > > > > Another idea that just came to mind may not be any more > > > expensive than > > > > > > a tech. Buy a new hard drive, install it [it's not difficult], > > > install > > > > > > Windows and then install the old drive as a second drive and > > > maybe you > > > > > > can get your data back if the problem was not a major hard drive > > > > > > failure. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.rayslink s.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. > > > > http://www.writings oftheschizophren ic.com My poetry in web pages > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > > personal issues directly to the group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! 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